More parents are refusing routine newborn preventative care, study finds

More parents are refusing routine newborn preventative care, study finds

Doctors fear that skepticism, fueled by anti-science sentiment and mistrust, is extending beyond vaccines to other proven, routine care.

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 rece… [+7583 chars]
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