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Should pediatricians “fire” families if they refuse one or more childhood vaccinations? Well over a third of pediatricians — 39 percent — say they would “dismiss” families that refuse all vaccinations, a new study suggests. That’s surprising, says study leader Erin A. Flanagan-Klygis, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Chicago’s …

LOS ANGELES – A fence already marks the U.S. border with Mexico but in some places, it’s no more than a strand of wire or metal rail. Where a real barrier exists, it works. Illegal immigrants (search) are forced to travel long distances to get around miles of tall steel …

DUBLIN, Ireland – Former bishops, police and state agencies did far too little to prevent the alleged sexual abuse of more than 100 children by Roman Catholic (search) priests in southeast Ireland over a 36-year period, a report published Tuesday charged. The 2 1/2-year probe, led by retired Irish Supreme …