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Fortune News source @fortune.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 2h

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It's not just vaccines. Parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns -- even protection from severe bleeding and blindness | Fortune
One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn't get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Feb 3

#VitaminK #NewbornHealth #PediatricCare

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Routine shot for newborns is becoming controversial -- why it's so...
Medical experts have been strongly advising new parents to make sure their newborns receive a specific vitamin shot to prevent a potentially fatal condition characterized by internal or external bleeding.