"At the morgue, the babies were brought in with their diapers and blankets and with their hospital ID bracelets still wrapped around their tiny ankles...

The deaths were caused, in whole or in part, by a rare but potentially fatal condition known as vitamin K deficiency bleeding.

In almost every case, the babies’ deaths could have been prevented with a long-standard vitamin K shot."
- @ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns

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"At the morgue, the babies were brought in with their diapers and blankets and with their hospital ID bracelets still wrapped around their tiny ankles...

The deaths were caused, in whole or in part, by a rare but potentially fatal condition known as vitamin K deficiency bleeding.

In almost every case, the babies’ deaths could have been prevented with a long-standard vitamin K shot."
- @ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns

#Family #Health #Healthcare #Vaccines #News #US #USA #UnitedStates