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Parents skipping vitamin K shots as deficiency bleeding returns
Original: NEW: As more parents reject a long-standard shot for babies, hospitals are seeing cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding
A ProPublica investigation reports that more parents are declining the long-standard vitamin K injection given to newborns, leading hospitals to see renewed cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding — a life-threatening condition once considered virtually eliminated in the United States. Doctors are reportedly not always trained to recognize or treat the condition, raising concern among pediatricians as vaccine hesitancy spreads to routine newborn care.
Why now: Growing refusal of routine newborn medical interventions is reviving a disease doctors thought was eliminated.
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- NEW: As more parents reject a long-standard shot for babies, hospitals are seeing cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding — once considered virtually eliminated. Doctors don’t always recognize or know how to treat the life-threatening condition. https://www.… · ProPublica@newsie.social · 182
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