Vitamin K Refusals Endanger Newborns

A growing number of parents are declining the routine vitamin K injection for newborns, driven by misinformation and intervention‑aversion, and clinicians report preventable cases of severe bleeding and infant deaths. Public‑health systems lack systematic tracking of refusals, masking the scope of harm and limiting targeted responses. — If unchecked, this trend exposes a gap in newborn surveillance and risk communication, creating a preventable mortality problem and a test case for how misinformation undermines routine medical care.