@abc7chicago: For most of his nearly 30-year career, Dr. Thomas Patterson rarely had a parent refuse the vitamin K shot for their newborn, which is recommended at birth to protect babies from severe bleeding in early life. However, what Patterson says was once uncommon has become a regular occurrence when the Idaho pediatrician is working in a newborn nursery in the southwest region of the state. #news #vitamink #health

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