Author: everychildbytwo


News of a Texas Measles Outbreak Shows Problems and Promise

It’s never good news when we hear of people in this country suffering from vaccine preventable diseases like measles.  Especially since endemic measles was declared eliminated from the U.S....


Infant Survives Pertussis After Four Organs Fail

When a child is born parents experience a combination of joy, relief, hope and even a healthy dose of worry.  Every parent wants to keep their precious children safe, and thanks...


The Flu as a Triple Threat

The one thing that is certain about the flu is that it is extremely unpredictable.  It’s impossible to predict the severity of the flu from patient to patient and...


Why Some Parents Are Refusing HPV Vaccine For Their Children

Some of the data contained in this post has been updated.  For a more recent review of the prevalence of HPV infection and more current data on the safety...


Think Chickenpox is Party Worthy? Think Again

It’s astonishing to me that there are people who are so dead-set against vaccinating their children that they somehow feel it is safer to sicken their children by exposing...


Every Child By Two Helping to End Polio Now

Written by Amy Pisani, Every Child By Two (ECBT) Executive Director, who is currently traveling alongside a United Nations delegation to observe the continuing efforts being made by governments and partnerships to stop...


Amanda Peet Champions Vaccines To Turn Moments Into Milestones

Amanda Peet, is an actor, mother, and Every Child by Two Vaccine Ambassador to the UN Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign which educates, connects and empowers the championing of vaccines as one of the...


Comments Are Currency Buying Healthy Lives During Blogust '13

It takes just a moment or two to post a comment on a blog. But would you comment more if you knew that for every comment you made someone would purchase...


Vaccine Ambassadors Embrace A Shared Responsibility

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) promoted Vaccination Week in the Americas earlier this year with a campaign entitled “Vaccination: A Shared Responsibility.”  Their philosophy – that each and every...


A Prince and a Plea

I’ve had some mixed emotions these past few days.  As the world rejoices in the arrival of a new prince, I’m thinking about all the babies born around the world that...