Their efforts may be in vein. Medical experts have been strongly advising new parents to make sure their newborns receive a specific vitamin shot to prevent a potentially fatal condition characterized ...

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 ...

When a baby is born, hospital staff move quickly through a standard checklist of newborn care: taking measurements, administering antibiotic eye ointment to prevent eye infections, and giving a small ...

A small but growing number of parents in the US are declining the routine vitamin K injection for their newborns. Preliminary findings from a new review suggest that although the US refusal rate is ...

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 ...

Newborn babies are born with very low levels of vitamin K, a nutrient the body needs to form blood clots and stop bleeding.

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This story originally appeared as an article on the Bloomberg School of Public Health website and was summarized in The Uptake, a weekly newsletter offering expert insights from the Bloomberg School ...