Author: everychildbytwo


Immunization Awareness Begins With Disease Awareness

  It’s common for people to question whether all the vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are really necessary. Thanks to the success of...


Asking Before They Play: How to Handle the Response

In the first part of this series, Ask Before They Play to Keep Chickenpox, Pertussis and Measles Away, Dr. Zibners explores why a parent might be concerned if their vaccinated child has unvaccinated...


Asking Before They Play: Are Your Child’s Friends Vaccinated?

In the first part of this series, Ask Before They Play to Keep Chickenpox, Pertussis and Measles Away, Dr. Zibners explores why a parent might be concerned if their vaccinated child has unvaccinated...


Ask Before They Play To Keep Chickenpox, Pertussis and Measles Away

Part One: Why Ask at All? By Dr. Lara Zibners  “Oh, you know, we never had baby gates, because, you know, of the controversy.” This was the response I...


ACIP: Fifty Years of Vaccine Recommendations Continue with an Eye Towards Safety and Efficacy

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The Committee, founded by the Surgeon General in 1964, originally consisted of 10 members and...


Celebrating Our Nation’s Investment in Public Health and Vaccines

As people across the nation are getting ready to celebrate Independence Day, I’m reminded of how grateful I am to live in a country that values freedom.  As a...


How Meningitis Nearly Killed Me, Then Changed My Life for the Better

By Andy Marso I occasionally look at pictures of myself on a spring break trip in 2004, about a month before I almost died of a meningococcal infection. I...


Insider Explains Why Congress is Responsible For Return of Measles

As a long-time staffer for Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Sarah Despres knows a bit about Congress.  As counsel working on public health issues for the Democratic staff of the...


National Vaccine Advisory Committee Approves Recommendations to Improve HPV and Maternal Vaccine Efforts

  The National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) met last week in Washington, D.C. to deliberate recommendations aimed at continually improving our nation’s immunization system. This federal advisory committee, which...


Amanda Peet Continues Her Vaccine Advocacy on Behalf of Children Worldwide

By: Amy Pisani, Executive Director, Every Child By Two Last year I  traveled alongside Vaccine Ambassador/Actor Amanda Peet to Kenya where we witnessed the incredible work being done to ensure...