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Pediatricians renew call to ban raw milk as anti-science rhetoric reigns

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As many doctors are moving ahead with the latest advances of modern medicine—from powerful obesity drugs to breakthrough cancer treatments—pediatricians are being forced to turn back, fighting to maintain advances in children's health that were hard-won decades ago. But just this week, The New York Times reported that Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, has opened aggressive investigations against pediatricians simply because they vaccinated their patients. In renewed policy, pediatricians review the benefits of heating milk to kill germs.

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