In 2011, Jeremy Shipp and his wife welcomed their son Henry, who was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate. Navigating their child through surgeries to repair the split in his upper lip and the roof ...

A patient at Providence Sacred Heart Children's Hospital has been named a 2026 Children’s Miracle Network National Champion.

Sergeant Pepper the kitten's touching adoption story helped Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society earn a grant from the nonprofit Petco Love Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Babies born with a cleft lip or cleft palate, or both, will face some additional challenges in the early years of their lives, and so will their parents. Babies with clefts need to have surgery, learn ...

This baby’s portraits are angelic. A nine-week-old Texas tot with a cleft lip has gone viral after her parents posted the child’s cherub-style baby portraits online. “We didn’t do maternity or newborn ...

A photo of baby Sutton has garnered more than 728,000 likes so far. When photographer Shannon Morton shared a baby photo to her business's Facebook page, she had no idea that it would go viral. "It ...

The annual Cleft Con bring those with facial differences together to share their experiences and make everyone’s life better. Instagram/Smile Train I am a retired professional nurse and nurse ...

A cleft lip or palate arises from the combined effects of genes and inflammatory risk factors experienced during pregnancy, such as smoking or infections, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The ...

Lauren Onishi wants others to realize clefts are more than a cosmetic concern. Over the last 20 years, cleft lip and palate awareness has grown, spurred in part by TV commercials from the nonprofit ...

A Beijing-based children's charity hospital, known for providing both subsidized and free cleft lip and palate surgeries, is ...

July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness and improve understanding of cleft lip and palate defects. About 6,000 to 8,000 babies are born in the United States with ...