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It's not just vaccines—parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns

Medical Xpress - medical research advances and health news [Uno… March 21, 2026
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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. On another recent day, more than a quarter didn't get the shot. Their parents wouldn't allow it.

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