3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (226+ words) A dozen children were treated for skin irritations at a Wellesley day care Friday morning after it appeared they were exposed to a commercial-grade cleanser instead of hand soap, according to police. Wellesley police were called to Bright Horizons on…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (109+ words) Mass General Brigham's Dr. Scott Hadland says he is among pediatricians who are "worried and shocked" about the CDC's recommendation. Hadland says despite the enormous benefit of Hep B vaccines for newborns, the CDC panel they made a decision to…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (333+ words) Massachusetts lawmakers expressed outrage over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel's controversial decision on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born. "This is about the health…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (107+ words) The federal government is recalling a type of playpen sold on Amazon. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says that play yards made in China that were sold under the name Anna Queen have been recalled. Investigators say infants can become…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1802+ words) Some women rush to their doctor just days after getting a positive pregnancy test, but Dr. L. Joy Baker said she often sees patients for the first time just weeks or even days before they give birth. "At least once a…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (71+ words) TONIGHT AND HEALTH SECRETARY ROBERT F KENNEDY JR IS DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS CLAIMS ABOUT TYLENOL AND ITS LINKED TO AUTISM. IT WAS LAST MONTH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WARNED PREGNANT WOMEN NOT TO TAKE ... Search location by ZIP code Expert…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (762+ words) The ongoing government shutdown is jeopardizing funding for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, potentially leaving millions of families without essential food benefits. The government shutdown is putting the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program at risk of running…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (76+ words) SHELF LIFE OF 3 TO 5 YEARS. ANXIETY OVER ACETAMINOPHEN. MORE PARENTS ARE ASKING PEDIATRICIANS IS THE DRUG, WHICH GOES BY THE BRAND NAME TYLENOL STILL SAFE TO GIVE MY KIDS? WITH ANSWERS IS DOCTOR SCOTT ... Search location by ZIP code Doctor…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (161+ words) Tufts OB/GYN and Chief of Genetics Dr. Dallas Reed says that she has not learned anything new that lends to the truthfulness of the guidance coming from the White House. Reed says doctors are continuing to follow evidence, including…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (258+ words) Massachusetts researchers and parents are expressing concern after President Donald Trump administration's claims about a link between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism. The scientists behind the study cited by the president, including those from Harvard University's Chan School of…...