Infants are bleeding to death after parents shun routine vitamin K shots

More parents are refusing newborn vitamin K shots, and hospitals are seeing preventable internal bleeding and deaths in infants as a result.

Hospitals and autopsies linked multiple infant deaths to vitamin K deficiency bleeding after parents declined the routine injection at birth.

The trend appears to be rising alongside medical misinformation and broader skepticism toward standard newborn care.

Health experts warn that skipping this routine intervention can lead to severe bleeding, brain injury, and death in infants.