Moms with diabetes, again, can be good candidates for colostrum harvesting, as can those who know their babies have a ...

Reducing sugar intake can provide many surprising health benefits—from better skin to a lower risk of diabetes. “We’re talking potential improvements within days or weeks, not months or years.” ...

Every year, millions of newborns—especially those born premature, underweight or sick—are at risk of neonatal hypoglycemia, a dangerous drop in blood sugar that can lead to seizures, brain injury and ...

Vaccines aren’t the only near-miraculous medical intervention some Americans are turning their backs on. New research out today finds that more newborns are not receiving a safe supplement that ...

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 ...

On Dec. 5, a federal vaccine advisory panel voted to change the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization ...

New moms and their babies will likely see a change in preventative treatment after they give birth, because of a decision by a federal vaccine panel that weakens longstanding guidance on the hepatitis ...

A key vaccine advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday voted in favor of reversing long-held guidance for newborn hepatitis B vaccinations. After months of ...

Federal vaccine advisers voted on Friday to delay routine Hepatitis B vaccination in infants, moving the United States closer in line with Western Europe and further out of step with global practice.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A CDC panel voted Friday to change the recommended birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Public insurance ...