Most doctors agree to 'spread out' kids' shots, survey finds

Nearly all pediatricians and family doctors have been asked at least once by parents if they could "space out" the vaccines their children get and most have agreed to do so at some point, a new study finds. The main reason given is that doctors are afraid of losing their patients - costing them business but also potentially leaving innocent children without good health care, according to the survey published in the journal Pediatrics. The study's especially timely as the nation debates whether parents have the right to leave their children less than fully vaccinated because of personal beliefs and worries.