Author: everychildbytwo


Young Hockey Player’s Death A Flu Warning

As the executive director of Every Child By Two, a national non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that all families are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases, it saddens me...


Is This Season’s Flu More Severe Than Usual or Just Highly Active?

At this point in the flu season people often wonder if all the media hype is part of an orchestrated effort to panic people about flu, or if it...


Resolve To Protect Your Family From Cancer

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month and if you’ve resolved to make healthier choices in 2018, then ensuring your loved ones are vaccinated against the deadly strains of human...


Free Online Course Explains Cells, Immunity and Vaccines

Dr. Jonathan M. Gershoni, a Professor of Molecular Immunology and Virology at Tel Aviv University, is now offering a free course entitled, Viruses & How to Beat Them: Cells,...


Most Popular Posts of 2017 Address Flu, Vaccine Safety, Disease Outbreaks and Maternal Vaccines

In these final days of 2017, we hope you will revisit the top ten posts from the past year and share them with others in your social networks.  They address such pressing...


Impact of Latest Congressional Actions on Immunization Programs

As we near the end of 2017, we are closely monitoring a few federal bills that will have a direct impact on our nation's immunization programs and thus our...


Flu Vaccine Benefits Go Beyond Effectiveness of One Strain

There seems to be a lot of speculation recently about how effective the influenza (flu) vaccine will be at preventing cases of influenza this season. It's important to understand...


Vaccine Hesitancy Often Tied to Moral Foundations of Liberty and Purity

Recent behavioral research suggests that there is often a moral difference between people who accept vaccines and people who refuse them.  Parents who are most reluctant to vaccinate appear...


How One Man is Credited With Saving 8 Million Lives a Year  

Hailed as one of the world’s greatest scientists, Dr. Hilleman helped develop 9 of the 14 routinely recommended vaccines in the U.S. And in 1957, he was the first...


Flu Vaccination is a Team Sport

It’s great when individuals get vaccinated. In fact, the CDC recommends annual flu vaccination for everyone six months and older.  But flu vaccination is not just about us as...