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  1. Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 @[email protected] ·

    #Lawmakers Call for #CDC to Track #VitaminK Shot Refusals
    Rep #KimSchrier and Sen #AngelaAlsobrooks called on federal gov to address what they described as “a growing and preventable #publichealth crisis” of #parents refusing long-standard vitamin K shot for #newborns, which has led to some of those babies suffering uncontrollable bleeding and even dying.
    Vitamin K shot has been routine in #US since American Academy of Pediatrics recommended it for all newborns in 1961
    propublica.org/article/vitamin

    #lawmakers #cdc #vitamink #kimschrier #angelaalsobrooks #publichealth
  2. Steve Dustcircle 🌹 @[email protected] ·

    More #Parents Are Refusing #VitaminK for Their #Newborns. Here’s Why That’s a Bad Idea

    gizmodo.com/more-parents-are-r

    #parents #vitamink #newborns