I started National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) off with a little humor on Monday with Rick’s Rant. And now look where it has led me. Today I’m concluding a week’s worth...
One of the most endearing things my seven-year-old says is “this just happened in real life”. This is my “real life” story today. I wake up to help get a houseful of kids ready for school. ...
Recently we received this question on our Vaccinate Your Family Facebook page: “My child has already received his first dose of flu vaccine over a month ago, but lately I’ve...
Each year, about this time, I think about a friend who died from influenza. It couldn’t have been more of a shock. He was completely fit. Healthy. A relatively young man in his early thirties. Yet, despite...
December 2012 It’s National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW), and while I plan to focus on our national efforts to reduce the thousands of hospitalizations, and even deaths, that occur in the...
Today I wish I hadn’t bothered reading the immunization news. Today I would much rather be dancing around to holiday music and breaking out some festive decorations. Because today, like...
During the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, parents eagerly snatch up sales on the latest kids’ craze and scour stores shelves for those treasured gifts and best...
Recently we received this question on our Vaccinate Your Baby Facebook page: “My daughter and one of our friend’s daughters are the same age – 15months. I vaccinate, she...
When I started contributing to this blog I envisioned a community where individuals, parents, medical professionals and public health advocates could all gather to share immunization information and discuss current events that pertain...
If you’re active on Facebook, than you’ve probably been reading plenty of status updates detailing what your friends are thankful for each day of the month. If I were to write one today, this...