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

A new investigation from ProPublica has people once again talking about vitamin K shots for newborns. Here's what to know.

Amid a rise in broader anti-vaccine sentiment, some influencers and media figures have cast doubt on the routine vitamin K ...

Chronic hepatitis B is incurable and can lead to liver failure and death. Because not all pregnant women get the recommended hepatitis B screening, some newborns are exposed to the disease, putting ...

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 ...

The 2-month-old baby arrived at the hospital with the type of bleeding in and around his brain that was so unusual Miami neurosurgeon Heather McCrea had only read about it in textbooks. The pooling ...

More newborns are suffering fatal bleeding in nearly every organ because their parents are skipping a vital shot, doctors and ...