Summer is for traveling, and if you’ve been hitting the road lately, than perhaps you’ve seen these brilliant outdoor advertising images from Every Child By Two (now Vaccinate Your Family). ...
This week, as our country celebrated our independence, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to our personal freedoms. These freedoms include – but are certainly not limited to –...
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling today on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The Justices ruled that the individual mandate — the requirement that most Americans...
Below is a personal note from mother and actor, Amanda Peet. We hope you will consider joining her efforts and voicing your support to Congress about the importance of eradicating...
A new study, released in Pediatrics last week, examined medical records for 97,711 children from Oregon and noted a concerning trend among parents there. There has been an almost four-fold...
In the past, there has been quite a lot of discussion on this blog regarding the Hepatitis B vaccine that is recommended for infants here in the U.S. Because...
I just read some interesting survey results in Health News Digest regarding the risk of pertussis in infants. “A large majority of parents with children aged 2 years and younger...
As a young child I could always depend on my parents to look after me. Now, as a parent myself, I continually model my own upbringing and do all...
Yesterday morning I woke to a message from a parent who was concerned about a report she saw on ABC News. Apparently Good Morning America was recapping the Nightline investigation from the night prior which...
A new study, which investigated data from the National Immunization Surveys published between 1995 and 2006, confirms what public health advocates already suspected. As the Medical Daily blog reported yesterday, the study...