How Many Babies Who Skipped Their Vitamin K Shot Have Died?
The Real Truth about Alternative Medicine
Do you know how many babies who have skipped their vitamin K shot have died in recent years?
“At least two babies treated at St. Luke’s died within the last year from complications related to vitamin K deficiency bleeding, hospital officials confirmed.”
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
I bet that it is many more than you think!
How Many Babies Who Skipped Their Vitamin K Shot Have Died?
That’s mostly because most people think that it is safe to skip a baby’s vitamin K shot.
They don’t think about the risks of a baby dying with vitamin K deficiency bleeding.
They should though!
While it is not something that is routinely tracked, there are many more babies getting sick and dying from vitamin K deficiency bleeding than most people think.
There are at least a few infant deaths from vitamin K deficiency bleeding each year.
Anti-Vaccine Influencers Are All Out on Vitamin K
But if it is deadly, and can be prevented with a vitamin K shot, why do some parents listen to bad advice and put their babies at this extra risk?
Of course, it is because they listen to anti-vaccine influencers like Candace Owens.
Or Sherri Tenpenny…
Or Del Bigtree…
Or the organization the RFK Jr. started - Children’s Health Defense.
In addition to telling parents to skip or delay getting vaccines, they all push the dangerous advice that parents should also skip their baby’s vitamin K shot.
What’s the Harm in Listening to Bad Advice About Vitamin K
Bad advice that can be deadly…
Remember, whatever Candace Owens and others may think, babies are naturally born with low levels of vitamin K.
In fact, all mammals are born with low levels of vitamin K!
Why?
Well, one theory is that having low levels of vitamin K provides some kind of advantage against clotting and strokes as the fetal circulatory system has to undergo so many transitions at birth.
Whatever the reason, we know that:
babies are born with low levels of vitamin K and that puts them at risk for early and late onset vitamin K deficiency bleeding, with brain bleeding, seizures, and sometimes death
it takes time for a baby to start making enough vitamin K on their own
vitamin K does not cross the placenta well, so delayed cord clamping does not help your baby get more vitamin K
breastmilk is low in vitamin K
a vitamin K shot can prevent both early and late onset vitamin K deficiency bleeding
oral vitamin K drops only prevents early onset vitamin K deficiency bleeding and there is no FDA approved vitamin K drops for infants in the USA, limiting parents and pediatricians to use unregulated supplements
And of course, we know that vitamin K shots are safe for babies.
The black box warning is about injected vitamin K and babies are given vitamin K subcutaneously, so they don’t have that risk.
Vitamin K contains a very small amount of aluminum, not the large amounts that anti-vaccine influencers warn about.
Vitamin K is not associated with leukemia!
We have routinely been giving babies vitamin K shots since 1961!
We know that babies need this extra vitamin K when they are born.
At least they do if you want to reduce the unnecessary risk of their developing vitamin K deficiency bleeding when you skip your baby’s vitamin K shot.
More on What’s The Harm?
Homeopathic Vaccines Don’t Work or Why You Shouldn’t Take Immunization Advice from a Homeopath
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
Vitamin K Injection for Babies Is Safe and Can Save Lives, Contrary to Post
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2024 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2026. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10-expanded.html on May 6, 2026 5:19:50 PM