Babies are born with low levels of vitamin K, which helps blood clot, and little is transferred from the mother through breastmilk. Without additional vitamin K, newborns are at risk of potentially ...

More parents are refusing a shot typically given at birth to reduce the risk of infant bleeding as part of what appears to be a growing trend, according to a new report and a previous study. A ...

A trend is emerging in US hospitals, where a growing number of newborns are being denied vital vitamin K shots by their parents, sparking alarm among medical professionals. Dr Tom Patterson, a ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. For more than a decade, Joseph Mercola, DO, cautioned parents against a potentially lifesaving shot of vitamin K for their newborn babies: "Vitamin K ...