The day before Thanksgiving, the Polk County Sheriff's Office received an urgent 911 call about an unresponsive child at an ...

Many medical organizations and frontline health care providers are grappling with a challenge they haven't had to face in ...

Hospitals for decades have provided babies their first hepatitis B vaccine. Now doctors' offices might administer the shot.

"Most hospitals and providers will still offer the vaccine to newborns, as it is recommended by the AAP, and has a strong ...

Babies aren't born with enough vitamin K, which the body needs for blood to clot. An injection at birth helps prevent severe ...

Pertussis cases in Oregon have reached an all-time high, the Oregon Health Authority said Wednesday, prompting state ...

The first year of prenatal and postnatal care is critical for both moms and babies. But for many Detroit families, just ...

Consumer Reports tested 20 pacifiers and spoke with safety experts to find out what parents should and shouldn’t buy.

Faced with a devastating prenatal diagnosis, the Smith family enrolled in a federally funded clinical trial at Johns Hopkins ...

Consumer Reports tested 20 pacifiers and spoke with safety experts to find out what parents should and shouldn’t buy.

The change in recommendation undoes a longstanding prevention strategy that nearly eliminated pediatric cases of the virus.

The state health department warned that delaying hepatitis B vaccination could lead to thousands of new infections and ...