Vitamin K shots, which help the blood to clot, are one of three key interventions for newborns, along with an antibiotic eye ointment and the hepatitis B vaccine.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Doctors are reporting an increase in the number of parents refusing Vitamin K shots for their newborns. They say it's putting ...