pediatrician

Amid the ongoing outbreaks, pediatricians have stepped up efforts to rebut misinformation about both the disease and the vaccine.

Keeping an unvaccinated child as a patient could give pediatricians the chance to educate families on vaccines but may also expose more kids to preventable diseases.

“I felt that like we didn’t do enough as a practice, and I didn’t do enough as a pediatrician, to convince families to get vaccinated.”

The couple checked in with their pediatrician, who reminded them to feed the baby every two to three hours but otherwise wasn’t worried, said Basu, 44.

In 1975 when my brother was born in Southern California, the pediatrician told my parents that because he’d never be able to walk or talk, they should put him in an institution.