Kristan Scott and colleagues treating babies at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia were increasingly concerned about parents ...

Parents refusing newborn vitamin K shots and ‘raising risk of brain bleeding’ - Refusals of vitamin K shots nearly doubled ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

About 200,000 babies born between 2017 and 2024 did not receive a vitamin K shot Refusal rose from under 3% to more than 5%, especially after the COVID pandemic Babies who skip the shot are 80 times ...