More parents are declining vitamin K injections for their newborns, raising concern among pediatricians who warn that misinformation and growing distrust of medical interventions could leave more babies vulnerable to potentially fatal bleeding.
The proportion of US newborns who did not receive the vitamin K shot increased from 2.92% in 2017 to 5.18% in 2024, according to a national analysis of electronic health records published in JAMA in January.
