Conflicting recommendations leaves parents with more questions than answers when it comes to vaccines for their newborn children.

Shingles and chicken pox are caused by the same virus, herpes zoster. After a chicken pox infection, the virus hides in some nerve cells, ready to reactivate if the immune system weakens, which can happen with age. About half of all shingles cases are in adults 60 and older, according to the National Institute on Aging. 

By Michael Erman, Julie Steenhuysen and Christy Santhosh Dec 5 (Reuters) - U.S. vaccine advisers on Friday scrapped a long-standing recommendation that all American newborns receive the hepatitis B shot,

Many public health experts lambasted lawyer Aaron Siri’s two-hour presentation in front of the committee Friday.

President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social on Friday he signed a memorandum to review the 72-vaccine schedule required for all American children from infancy onward.

U.S. vaccine advisers' decision to scrap longstanding guidance on hepatitis B shots will expose more children to the harmful virus and may signal how other evidence-based vaccine policies can be undermined,

Experts warn the decision could confuse doctors, burden families, and revive preventable infections as the committee reopens the entire childhood vaccine schedule.