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Younger doctors not sold on vaccine safety

While many practices struggle to convince parents that vaccinating their children is safe and necessary, new research indicates that younger physicians may not be fully sold on that message. Despite

Patient vaccinations mandatory at more practices

Part of a small but growing trend, one of Roanoke, Va.'s, largest pediatric practices has become one of the first to adopt a strict policy against treating unvaccinated children. Although the

Vaccine safety dominating pediatric office visits

There is good news and bad news on the childhood-vaccine front, according to a pair of recent surveys of pediatricians and parents. First, the good news: Most parents (76 percent) trust their child's

Most patients don't get vaccines from doctor

With convenient, trusted access to vaccine administration available from a variety of sources, most (80 percent) patients participating in an informal Chicago Tribune web chat indicated they're most

Proposed California bill would keep physicians from losing money on vaccines

A bill proposed by the California Academy of Family Physicians, if approved, would make it illegal for health plans to reimburse physicians for childhood or adolescent vaccinations in amounts less