A life-saving vitamin for babies is getting swept up in vaccine backlash

There’s a growing resistance to anything that’s injected into babies, vaccine or not.
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Vitamin K shots prevent newborns from severe bleeds, but parents are increasingly declining them

Fewer newborns are receiving a routine shot that helps prevent life-threatening bleeding, because their parents are opting out of it, a new study shows. The number of infants who are not getting the ...
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US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. A loud chorus of ...
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With measles outbreaks on the rise, is early vaccination safe for babies?

If you live in an area with an outbreak and your baby isn't yet at vaccination age, there are options to protect them.

Fewer Oregon babies getting hepatitis B vaccine, new state data shows

Fewer Oregon newborns are getting vaccinated against hepatitis B at birth and slightly fewer pregnant people are being screened for the virus, according to new state data released Tuesday. The Oregon ...
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Vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

NEW YORK — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. A loud chorus of ...