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 ...

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

Their efforts may be in vein. Medical experts have been strongly advising new parents to make sure their newborns receive a specific vitamin shot to prevent a potentially fatal condition characterized ...

With the United States likely to lose its measles elimination status in the next few months and the possibility of looming changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, new research highlights the risk ...

Pediatricians say the reluctance they're seeing in Maine is tied to federal rollback of childhood vaccine guidelines.