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Pediatricians turn away unvaccinated patients

When the mother of an 18-month-old visited Dr. Charles Goodman’s practice last week, he explained that under his new policy, the toddler would have to be immunized to remain a patient. The woman walked out of his office.

A vial containing the MMR vaccine is loaded into a syringe before being given to a 1-year-old baby at the Medical Arts Pediatric Med Group in Los Angeles on Feb. 6, 2015. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
A vial containing the MMR vaccine is loaded into a syringe before being given to a 1-year-old baby at the Medical Arts Pediatric Med Group in Los Angeles on Feb. 6, 2015. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/TNS)Read moreTNS
    by Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, McClatchy-Tribune
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