More bleeding episodes in infants have been recorded as parents increasingly refuse to have vitamin K injections administered, a pair of studies found.
The percentage of infants not receiving a vitamin K injection at birth increased from 3.1 percent in 2017 to 6.8 percent in 2025, and not receiving the injection was associated with a higher bleeding risk within six months of birth, researchers said in one of the papers.
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