Assembly Bill 1830 requires that corn masa flour and wet corn masa products contain a specified amount of folic acid ...

Tortillas sold in California are going to have a new ingredient, one that’s intended to help nurture healthy infants.

"Well over half of neural tube defects can be prevented with sufficient folic acid consumption before conception and in early pregnancy," said senior author Sandi Lam, MD, MBA, Division Head of ...

California will require folic acid in store‑bought corn tortillas starting next Thursday. Small bakeries are exempt.

SAN DIEGO, and GREENWOOD, S.C., March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) and Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) today announced a publication in Genome Research describing ...

Among nearly 4.3 million pregnancies in a Medicaid database and a commercial insurance database, the adjusted pooled relative ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One study found a reduced risk for neural tube defects when folic acid was used before and during pregnancy. The ...

Folate supports red blood cell production and helps prevent neural tube defects. You can take folic acid any time of ...

Researchers have identified a gene that plays a key role in the formation of neural tube defects, a problem commonly found in infants of pregnant women with diabetes. This is the first time the gene ...

The CDC is urging manufacturers of a type of flour used to make foods like tortillas and tamales to add folic acid to help lower the risk of some birth defects in the Hispanic population. The Centers ...

Starting in 2025, California tortillas will contain folic acid to help prevent birth defects—a change aimed at closing a gap ...