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Health officials are urging adults to get vaccinated against pertussis and flu as a way protect babies and other vulnerable patients.

Police said a new father faces drug charges because he lit up a marijuana joint, instead of a cigar, to celebrate his child's birth at a western Pennsylvania hospital. Police aren't identifying the man found smoking the pot in a designated smoking area of Uniontown Hospital Tuesday morning, but said he'll face marijuana possession charges.

The number of American women without children has risen to an all-time high of 1 in 5, a jump since the 1970s when 1 in 10 women ended their childbearing years without having a baby, according to the Pew Research Center.

A 22-year-old mother from Jacksonville, Florida, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for shaking her 3-month-old son to death after his crying interrupted her FarmVille game.

Singer Celine Dion, 42, gave birth Saturday to premature twin boys.

Having a child born on 10/10/10 is pretty cool, but having that birth follow two others on 8/8/08 and 9/9/09 — that's got to be impossible, right? Well, meet Chad and Barbie Soper.

A new study suggests jaundiced newborns have a higher risk of autism than other babies.

Having one to two drinks a week during pregnancy may not actually harm a developing fetus, new research suggests.

Police say a 4-year-old boy in Texas managed to start a van and then ran over a woman and her 3-week-old child, killing the newborn.

Sleep positioners marketed with the promise of helping babies sleep safely are too dangerous to use and should not be sold, U.S. officials warned on Wednesday.