The CDC has officially ended its recommendation for the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Experts say the decision upends more than three decades of vaccination policy in the United States and will ...

The hepatitis B vaccine, which 'virtually eliminated' the disease in children, will no longer be given at birth unless parents request it, due to a new move from the CDC.

Lullaby Hour brings professional musicians into NICUs, using gentle live music to support sick newborns, reduce stress, and ...

When St. Louis resident Bridget had to take unpaid maternity leave from her job at a youth advocate program helping at-risk children, she turned to Nurses for Newborns (NFN) for help. “Marche has come ...

Since roughly 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended all babies get a dose of the ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all U.S. newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, leaving it instead to parents, in ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee voted to eliminate a recommendation that all newborn babies receive a vaccine against hepatitis B, ending a policy that has been in place since ...

More parents are refusing vitamin K shots for their newborns, a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association found. It’s a trend that experts worry could have deadly ...

Newborn babies and patients with Alzheimer's disease share an unexpected biological trait: elevated levels of a well-known biomarker for Alzheimer's. This is shown in a study led by researchers at the ...

You found out you're pregnant, and you know the gender. Now it’s time to get the stuff. All the stuff. There is so much of it for such a tiny human. Where do you begin? How much of it do you really ...

The CDC will end its universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns, shifting to parent-doctor decisions, drawing criticism from pediatricians.

The link between proximity to greenspace -- including trees and parks-- and healthy birth outcomes is well established. Now new data adds to our understanding of these health benefits, accounting for ...