Denying Vitamin K Puts Infants At Risk For Rare Bleeding Disorders, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Reports

Four infants in Tennessee developed an exceedingly rare bleeding disorder, after their parents turned down the administration of standard vitamin K injections. The cluster of illness, reported this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), highlights the ongoing risks of parents either refusing or delaying preventive injections — like vitamin K or MMR vaccinations — among infants and children.

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