AP:It’s not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns
"Medical mistrust is spreading beyond vaccines: Refusals of vitamin K shots for newborns have nearly doubled since 2017, alarming doctors nationwide.
Newborns without the shot are 81 times more likely to suffer potentially deadly bleeding, a preventable complication that once affected 1 in 60 babies."
(Better, non paywall link! Thanks Denise!)
apnews.com/article/babies-newb…
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