28-10-2025 21:05 via cbc.ca

More Alberta parents pushing back against vitamin K injection for newborns, some doctors say

Some Alberta doctors say they're seeing a recent and concerning trend of new parents either questioning or refusing vitamin K injections, which have been given to newborns as standard practice for decades.
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