After eight years of training, Dr. Maureen McKiernan made her debut as the lead surgeon on an infant heart transplant — an ...

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The number of babies hospitalized with infant botulism has increased. A total of 51 infants have now been hospitalized amid an outbreak of infant botulism, a type of severe illness caused by botulinum ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Instead of a ...

In a historic vote, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisers recommended narrowing the agency's hepatitis B immunization guidance for newborns. The result, if approved by the ...