Death of 1-Year-Old Boy in Brooklyn Is Ruled a Homicide

Anthony Casey was found unresponsive at his home in Brownsville on Friday. New York City’s chief medical examiner determined that he had died because of blows to his torso.

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Nutrition Program for Mothers and Infants May Run Out of Money Within Weeks

Nearly 41 percent of U.S.-born infants participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, which may not have enough funding for an extended government shutdown.

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Greenlandic Woman Wins Her Baby Back in Denmark

A young Greenlandic woman living in Denmark will regain custody of the infant girl taken from her shortly after birth. The case has become the latest flashpoint between Denmark and Greenland.

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CDC Vaccine Panel Postpones One Vote and Reverses Another Amid Confusion

Committee members delayed indefinitely a vote on a hepatitis B vaccine for newborns because they did not feel ready to make a decision.

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RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee to Vote on Hepatitis B and Covid Shots

The advisory committee, which will meet on Thursday and Friday, is expected to recommend limiting use of some vaccines, including the hepatitis B shot for newborns.

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Hepatitis B Vaccine, Once a Public Health Win, Is Under Threat From RFK Jr.

Rates of the disease have fallen since 1991, when a vaccine committee recommended all newborns receive the shot.

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RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee Likely to Target Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns

Committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of the shots at birth or delaying them until later in childhood.

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Strangers Come Together to Deliver Baby Girl at Burning Man Festival

A woman unexpectedly went into labor at the desert festival. Within minutes, a neonatal nurse, an OB-GYN, a pediatric doctor and other attendees filled her camper.

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They Were Treated Like Orphans. But They Knew the Truth.

In Syria, the Assad regime took hundreds of children away from their parents. A Times investigation reveals the workings of the operation — and how one family fought to reunite.

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R.S.V. Season Is Approaching. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.

Doctors recommend that eligible people get vaccinated in late summer or early fall so antibodies can kick in before cases spread.

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