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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

What?? Disinformation is now impacting Vit K injections for newborn babies?? Good heavens! abcnews.go.com/Health/paren...

abcnews.go.com

More parents are refusing vitamin K shots for newborns, doctors say. Here's why that could be dangerous

Doctors say more parents are refusing vitamin K shots for their newborns, potentially putting babies at risk of severe bleeding.

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Jessica Fairley, MD, MPH @fairleyinfectious.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

This is long standing, going back to when my siblings were born 35-40 years ago at least. My mom was in the home birth world. And even though our pediatrician made a house call and administered vitamin K to my siblings, there was a lot of skepticism about it in those circles.

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