For many Americans, cleft conditions may seem like a distant concern. But for thousands of families across the country, it is a long journey filled with resilience and courage to ensure a lasting ...

Leah Ragan tells PEOPLE her daughter’s diagnoses once filled her with fear, but now the 1-year-old continues to surprise ...

Dr. Christopher Dobson, a pediatric anesthesiologist, volunteers with organizations that provide cleft lip and palate surgery to underprivileged children. Cleft lip and palate surgery is a ...

According to the family, the agreed plan was to take bone from the girl's knee and graft it into her mouth – a common approach in cleft palate surgery. In addition to her bone, the surgeon used a ...

Families of children born with cleft lip and/or palate are urged to come forward for screening ahead of a free surgical ...

A performer has shared how her experience of growing up with a cleft lip helped her through gender transition.

Operation Smile South Africa and Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital are offering free cleft lip and palate surgeries for up ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects, occurring in about one in 1,050 births in the United States. These defects, which appear when the tissues that form the lip or the ...

Up to 40 Gauteng children to receive free cleft surgery in major health drive ...

Peru is expanding access to surgery and care for patients with cleft conditions in remote areas through intensive ...

Operation Smile South Africa is calling on families of children aged six months to 12 years born with a cleft lip and/or ...