On December 5, 2025, the CDC’s vaccine advisers voted to overturn the universal recommendation that every newborn receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth. The decision came in an 8 to 3 vote by the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The overall number of births in the U.S. declined 2% from 2022 to 2023. The percentage of women receiving no ...

A Texas mother of two, Brianna Henderson, was diagnosed with a rare and potentially fatal heart condition after having her second child. In addition to avoiding another pregnancy that could be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (The Hill) — Births in the United States dropped again between 2022 and 2023, according to new data from the Centers for Disease ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rescinded its long-standing advice on universal hepatitis B vaccination of newborns. Under the new policy, parents of babies born to mothers ...

The fertility rate in the United States dropped in 2023, after a slight two-year rebound that followed the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control ...

One in 33 babies in the United States are born with birth defects. But a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness of ways to lower that risk. The study points ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. The ACIP delayed a vote on changing recommendations for ...

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WESTLAND, Mich. — For D’Asia Jackson, every day is a guessing game over whether excruciating pain will upend her life. The 28-year-old medical assistant was born with sickle cell disease, an inherited ...

For Brianna Henderson, birth control isn’t just about preventing pregnancy. The Texas mother of two was diagnosed with a rare and potentially fatal heart condition after having her second child. In ...