The kindest action of any visitor is to not put a baby at risk, but if for good reasons you must kiss the baby there are some things that can reduce the infection danger you pose. Parents of very ...

Her approach has taken that well-worn political cliche — politician kisses baby — and flipped it on its head. Now, it’s the politician who has the baby everyone wants to snuggle. At ...

As a clinical microbiologist, I assumed everyone knew that it was a terrible idea to kiss a newborn baby anywhere on its head. But why is it so dangerous to kiss a newborn? A baby's immune system ...