Philadelphia Science Action

"All newborns lack vitamin K. No matter how much vitamin K a mother consumes, it doesn’t sufficiently pass through the placenta, and breast milk contains only small amounts. That puts babies who are exclusively breastfed at a higher risk for vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Formula is fortified with vitamin K, but even with that, experts agree, babies should still get the shot." Also, "Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot, research shows, are 81 times more likely than those who do to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, where in many cases oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Perhaps most alarming is that, according to the CDC, 1 in every 5 babies with vitamin K deficiency bleeding will die." But tracking systems are lacking and misinformation is readily available

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

“The legal action came after an investigator from the department’s Bureau of Enforcement and Investigation found that a chatbot ‘doctor’ — named ‘Emilie’ — said it could practice psychiatry and was licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania”

Pa. suing chatbot platform over claim of having medical license Pa. suing chatbot platform over claim of having medical license