Alarming Number of Babies Are Bleeding to Death as More Parents Refuse Vitamin K Shots at Birth

The risk of developing severe bleeding is 81 times higher for babies who don't get the shot, according to the CDC ...

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

Tiny Footprints, a Blue Blanket: What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died of Vitamin K Deficiency

Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their ...
Hub

The newborn vitamin K shot: What every parent needs to know

The vitamin K shot at birth is a lifesaving intervention, but more parents are refusing it—with deadly consequences ...
NBC Bay Area

Parents who delay baby's first vaccines also likely to skip measles shots

With the United States likely to lose its measles elimination status in the next few months and the possibility of looming changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, new research highlights the risk ...
STAT

Missed first vaccines make babies far more likely to miss measles shot, study finds

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...
Politifact

Did the vaccine schedule require kids to be injected 72 times? No.

Under its former childhood vaccine schedule, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that kids get 12 different vaccines protecting against 16 diseases before age 10. It didn’t ...