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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Newborn vitamin K injection refusal is increasingly common and is much higher for infants not born in hospitals. | Adobe.com As a hospital-based pediatrician in Utah, I have witnessed an increasing ...

Vitamin K doesn't just help blood clot; it also keeps calcium in your bones and out of your arteries. Yet many adults ...

Some Alberta doctors say they're seeing a recent and concerning trend of new parents either questioning or refusing vitamin K ...

It's no fun watching your new baby getting a shot soon after birth, but one vitamin K injection provides important protection for them against a scary condition. "Vitamin K injection is a vital ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (STLMoms) – It’s a shot most newborns get ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Since 1961, it’s been standard practice for American newborns to receive an injection ...

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, an India-based pharmaceutical company, is recalling four lots of its phytonadione injections after receiving complaints the containers were breaking and shattering upon ...

Dr. Karyn Kassis is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. What ...

Nurse Michelle Wachsnicht prepares a vitamin K injection for newborn Madilynn Ann Thomason of Florissant at Mercy Hospital St. Louis in Creve Coeur on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Photo by Stephanie S.