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Story summary
- A JAMA study found vitamin K refusals rose to 5 % in 2024, 77 % rise since 2017.
- Birthing centers reported refusals rising from 536 in 2021 to 1,552 in 2025.
- The CDC estimates one in five infants with vitamin K deficiency bleeding will die, reflected in over 700 deaths in 2024, including two deaths at St. Luke’s.
- Rep. Kim Schrier asked Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to endorse the injection, receiving no comment.
