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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Laura Ungar

Parents refusing newborn vitamin K shots and ‘raising risk of brain bleeding’

A trend is emerging in US hospitals, where a growing number of newborns are being denied vital vitamin K shots by their parents, sparking alarm among medical professionals.

Dr Tom Patterson, a paediatrician with nearly three decades of experience, recounted instances at an Idaho hospital where on one day, half the newborns did not receive the shot, and on another, more than a quarter were left unprotected.

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