More Parents Are Refusing Vitamin K for Their Newborns. Here’s Why That’s a Bad Idea

Vaccines aren’t the only near-miraculous medical intervention some Americans are turning their backs on. New research out today finds that more newborns are not receiving a safe supplement that protects them from serious bleeding.

Doctors at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) studied the medical records of newborns. In recent years, they found, an increasing number of children have not been given an intramuscular dose of vitamin K soon after birth—likely due to more…