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More Maine parents are refusing standard newborn shots and tests

Pediatricians say the reluctance they're seeing in Maine is tied to federal rollback of childhood vaccine guidelines. Dr. Sheena Whittaker is no longer surprised when parents refuse the hepatitis B vaccine, eye ointment and a dose of vitamin K for their newborns. A pediatrician at Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth, Whittaker relays the importance of v... [7772 chars]

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