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One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn’t get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding. On another recent day, more than a quarter didn't get the shot. Their parents wouldn't allow it.
“When you look at a child who’s innocent and vulnerable — and a simple intervention that’s been done since 1961 is refused — knowing that baby’s going out into the world is super worrisome to me,” said Patterson, who’s been a pediatrician for nearly three decades.
Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other proven, routine, preventive care for babies.
A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which analyzed more than 5 million births nationwide, found that refusals of vitamin K shots nearly doubled between 2017 and 2024, from 2.9% to 5.2%. Other research su..

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that Barron Trump was a “good-looking gentleman” during a dinner at the White House.
Takaichi paid a compliment to Barron last night, just a day before Trump’s youngest child’s twentieth birthday.
The Japanese leader also remarked upon Barron’s height. The NYU student stands around 6-foot-9, according to estimates, with photos often showing him towering over his father, President Trump, and mother, First Lady Melania Trump.
“I know he has grown up so much into a very tall, good-looking gentleman,” Takaichi said. “As I see you, Donald, it is very clear where he got it. Of course, from his parents.
“There is no doubt about it,” she continued. “So Donald, if I may ask you, please convey my sincere happy birthday wishes to him.”
open image in galleryJapanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says that Barron Trump is a ‘good-looking gentleman’ (Getty)Trump has previously joked about his son’s height, telling crowds in Iowa in 2024 that his mother..

Severe tropical Cyclone Narelle lashed Australia's northeast coast on Friday, bringing destructive winds, heavy rain and power outages as authorities urged people to brace for significant damage.
Narelle made landfall in remote parts of the Far North Queensland region as a category four system, one rung below the strongest category five, with winds reaching about 195kmph.
The cyclone, which authorities initially said could be among “the worst in living memory”, appears less damaging than feared, but concerns over severe flooding remain.
After crossing the coast, the storm dropped to a category three system, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said, adding that Narelle was still packing wind gusts of around 140kmph.
The cyclone was expected to weaken as it moves west across the Cape York Peninsula over the next 18 hours.
“There is a lot of rain in this system, and as it moves it will be hard and fast,” Queensland premier David Crisafulli told a press conference. “I don't ..

Beyoncé's mother’s food stand in Texas was shuttered by the health department this week, according to reports.
Tina Knowles, the 72-year-old mother of the Texas Hold ‘Em singer, opened her Mama Tina’s Gumbo booth at this year’s Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The food stall sells Knowles’ famed gumbo, which she has often talked about in interviews.
According to an Instagram post shared by Knowles, Mama Tina’s Gumbo was scheduled to serve up food at the Texas event from March 2 until March 22.
However, a statement from the Houston Health Department, obtained by ABC 13, revealed that the business was closed on March 16.
open image in galleryTina Knowles’s gumbo stand was temporarily closed down by the Houston Health Department, according to reports (Getty Images for Netflix)”On Monday, March 16, 2026, the Houston Health Department issued a temporary closure of Mama Tina's Gumbo booth at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo as a result of a complaint investigation,” the sta..

Foreign aid arrangements with a religion-dependent focus risks “fanning the flames” of division, a senior Nigerian government minister has said
Mohammed Idris Malagi, Nigeria’s minister for information and chief government spokesperson, spoke to The Independent to mark Nigeria’s first state visit to the UK in 37 years.
In December, Nigeria was one of 14 countries that signed bilateral aid agreements with the US – known as health compacts – which included new stipulations about data sharing and restrictions on how the money should be spent.
The $2.1 billion (£1.6bn) agreement with Nigeria included “significant dedicated funding to support Christian health care facilities”, the US State Department said, and was “negotiated in connection with reforms the Nigerian government has made to prioritise protecting Christian populations”.
The religious make-up of the Western African country, which is split around almost equally between Muslims and Christians, had been under scrutiny by Washing..