Facts & Fallacies Podcast: The truth about vitamin K shots Cameron English, Liza Lockwood | June 17, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/06/17/facts-fallacies-podcast-the-truth-about-vitamin-k-shots/ Social media has been awash in panic as one influencer after another wrongly warns prospective parents against the routine (and sometimes life-saving) vitamin K shot, given to newborns right after birth. Claims linking it to pediatric cancer, eczema and other serious conditions are spreading rapidly online, leaving many new moms and dads alarmed and confused.