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Infant Bleeding Surged as Parents Rejected Vitamin K Shots, Studies Find

3 outlets · first reported by NYT Well 6d ago · latest 3d ago · 77 hours of coverage

Coverage, in order

  1. 6d ago
    first NYT Well mainstream study
    Infant Bleeding Surged as Parents Rejected Vitamin K Shots, Studies Find

    One study found a staggering 347 percent increase in cases as fewer babies received the shot, which helps blood clot.

  2. 6d ago
    Infant Bleeding Rises as Newborn Vitamin K Shots Have Fallen

    (MedPage Today) -- Newborns who missed routine vitamin K shots had higher bleeding risks and more than double the risk of intracranial hemorrhage, a nationwide study of over 5 million infants showed. Infants who did not receive prophylactic vitamin...

  3. 3d ago
    Skeptical Raptor obscure study
    Studies show infant bleeding rises as newborn vitamin K shots drop

    The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Two new peer-reviewed studies show that as the number of newborn vitamin K shots has dropped in the USA, the risks of bleeding, intracranial hemorrhage, and bleeding-related death have increased in that group. Unfortunately, the…

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