Parents skip vitamin K; bleeding up

Gift this article New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CHICAGO — Rates of life-threatening bleeding in U.S. infants have risen sharply since 2017 as parents increasingly refuse protective newborn doses of vitamin K, a trend that coincides with a growing wave of mistrust toward vaccines and other newborn interventions, two studies published on Thursday found. kAm%96 DEF5:6D 2C6 E96 7:CDE E@ D9@H E92E 3=665:?8 C2E6D :? &]$] :?72?ED 92G6 :?4C62D65 2=@?8 H:E9 C:D:?8 C67FD2=D @7 G:E2>:? z D9@ED]k^Am kAmq23:6D 2C6 ?@E 3@C? H:E9 6?@F89 G:E2>:? z[ 2? 6DD6?E:2= ?FEC:6?E E92E 96=AD 3=@@5 4=@E[ 2?5 G:E2>:? z :?;64E:@?D 2E 3:CE9 92G6 366? 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