Infants who don't receive a vitamin K injection at birth may have no warning signs of bleeding for days, weeks or months.

Newborn vitamin K injection refusal is increasingly common and is much higher for infants not born in hospitals. While hospital vitamin K injection refusal rates are approximately 3%, a recent ...

One medication recommended for all newborns is Vitamin K. Vitamin K (phytonadione) is a fat-soluble vitamin that is necessary for blood to clot. We also need this vitamin in our bodies to stop ...