For decades, hospitals have given babies a vitamin K injection to protect against bleeding. Now, the shot appears to be facing resistance. By Maggie Astor For most of his 10 years as a neonatologist, ...
To prevent this bleeding, a vitamin K injection has been recommended for newborns in the U.S. since the early 1960s. It's given as a single, intramuscular shot soon after birth. "Vitamin K is a ...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- It is not a trend doctors want to see, but pediatricians and OB-GYNs say fewer and fewer parents of newborns are allowing their babies to receive a Vitamin K shot, which has been ...
ATOKA, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) – An infant was safely surrendered at a Safe Haven Baby Box at a fire station in Atoka, Tennessee, over the weekend. It was the first time the Baby Box in that area had ...