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#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
https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-cdc-rfk-jr-lawmakers-letter -
CW: Death, medicine
An awful case of medical negligence at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge led to the death of a baby. A routine vitamin K injection would have saved his life, but it wasn't given though it was recorded as done.
#Addenbrookes #VitaminK #MedicalNegligence #ChildDeath #CambridgeUK