vitamin K shot
Coverage of vitamin K shot in the Nexus archive.
- The risk of refusing a newborn’s vitamin K shot
The article discusses the risks associated with refusing a vitamin K shot for newborns. It also mentions STAT’s free health newsletter, Morning Rounds, and highlights recent reporting by journalists Bob Herman and Rose Broderick.
- Lawmakers Call for CDC to Track Vitamin K Shot Refusals, Cite ProPublica Report
Two lawmakers urged the CDC to track vitamin K shot refusals for newborns after a ProPublica report highlighted preventable deaths linked to the refusal. The vitamin K shot, routine since 1961, is being declined by some families due to medical mistrust and misinformation, but federal and state agencies do not track refusal rates or related bleeding cases.
- What Vitamin K Shot Refusals Are Really Telling Us
A ProPublica investigation found that parents in the U.S. are refusing vitamin K shots for newborns, leading to preventable hemorrhage deaths in some infants. The article highlights the growing trend of declining this routine medical intervention.