Several vaccines are no longer recommended for all children.

Babies are born with low levels of vitamin K, which helps blood clot, and little is transferred from the mother through breastmilk. Without additional vitamin K, newborns are at risk of potentially ...

The one demographic that’s especially susceptible to COVID-19 hospitalizations but is ineligible for the vaccine? Infants under 6 months old. Their mothers, however, could be the missing link: New ...

Infections prevented by other newborn measures can also have grave consequences. Erythromycin eye ointment protects against ...

Winter illnesses are slamming the U.S. A mutant influenza variant is sending scores of people to hospitals, 32 children have died from flu so far this season, whooping cough has killed more than a ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign to remake how doctors use vaccines recently took a big legal hit. A federal judge in Boston blocked, at least temporarily, ...