More parents are refusing routine newborn preventative care, study finds
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Parents are refusing routine preventative care for newborns beyond vaccines, raising disease and complication risks.
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Your children and community could face increased rates of preventable childhood diseases if parents decline routine proven preventative care like newborn screening and vaccinations.
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A new study documents that more parents are declining routine preventative care for newborns, according to research findings. The trend reflects growing skepticism toward medical recommendations, driven by anti-science sentiment and distrust in healthcare institutions, physicians say. Doctors worry this hesitancy—traditionally associated with vaccine refusal—is now spreading to other established, evidence-based newborn treatments and screenings. The shift could leave infants vulnerable to preventable diseases and conditions that are typically caught and managed through standard pediatric protocols. The findings underscore a broader challenge facing medicine: regaining parental confidence in foundational health interventions.
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