The JREF is pleased to bring you Dr. Harriet Hall to answer your health-related questions about alternative treatments, questionable claims and science-based medical information.
This edition: Hep B shots for babies, bacopa memory supplement and omega-3s for autism
By Harriet Hall, MD
Question: Why on earth do they give Hepatitis B shots to newborn infants? It’s a sexually transmitted disease, and infants don’t have sex.
Answer: Vaccine recommendations weren’t just made up out of thin air. There are very good reasons to give Hep B at birth.
This edition: Hep B shots for babies, bacopa memory supplement and omega-3s for autism
By Harriet Hall, MD
Question: Why on earth do they give Hepatitis B shots to newborn infants? It’s a sexually transmitted disease, and infants don’t have sex.
Answer: Vaccine recommendations weren’t just made up out of thin air. There are very good reasons to give Hep B at birth.