Tag: American Academy of Pediatrics

  • Eight Babies Died in One State. Their Parents Had Refused a Simple Shot

    Eight Babies Died in One State. Their Parents Had Refused a Simple Shot

    On a recent day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns on Dr. Tom Patterson’s ward did not receive their vitamin K shots. On another day, more than a quarter went without. In every case, parents refused to allow it. Patterson has practiced pediatrics for close to three decades. He has administered vitamin K injections…

  • A Federal Judge Just Froze RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda

    A Federal Judge Just Froze RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda

    On a Monday morning in March, a federal courtroom in Boston became the center of one of the most consequential public health disputes the United States has seen in recent years. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy had spent weeks weighing a case that put major medical organizations on one side and the federal government on…