ST. LOUIS — Maternity care providers nationwide are on high alert for life-threatening vitamin K deficiencies in newborns, at the same time they are seeing more parents refusing a routine preventive ...

Doctors fear that skepticism, fueled by anti-science sentiment and mistrust, is extending beyond vaccines to other proven, ...

A March 16 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) features a 2018 clip from the Alex Jones Show questioning an injection commonly given to newborn babies. “What's in the vitamin k shot they give ...

Rates of newborn vitamin K shot refusal remain low but appear to be increasing, raising concerns about misinformation and the need for stronger prenatal counseling.

More parents are declining routine newborn protections that used to be almost automatic, including the vitamin K injection, ...

For more than 60 years, doctors have recommended that babies receive a vitamin K shot at birth to protect them from severe bleeding in early life. This recommendation has significantly reduced vitamin ...

More families are declining the vitamin K shot. Clinicians say they respect parental choice but want risks understood.

Newborn babies face a risk of brain bleeds due to low vitamin K. A simple injection prevents this. However, more parents are refusing the shot, influenced by misinformation. Experts warn this trend ...

There is a disturbing new trend being observed in local delivery rooms that is fueled by misinformation — the consequences of which can be catastrophic. Please share the following information with any ...

Every year, thousands of newborn babies around the world face a tiny but terrifying threat: a rare but often fatal brain bleed caused by low blood clotting. The good news is that for decades, a simple ...

To prevent this bleeding, a vitamin K injection has been recommended for newborns in the U.S. since the early 1960s. It's given as a single, intramuscular shot soon after birth. "Vitamin K is a ...