One of the latest and greatest achievements to gain recognition at Vanderbilt University was not academic….or was it? Just this past Wednesday, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center offered flu vaccines to faculty,...
October marks the official start of influenza season. To highlight the dangers of the flu and the benefits of vaccination, I plan to incorporate a new feature called “Friday Flu Shots”...
Maybe you’ve seen this already, but this is one blog post definitely worth reading, saving and passing on. Dr. Rachel Dunlop, a medical researcher, science communicator and campaigner for science-based medicine...
On Monday morning, many health reporters and news stations covered the release of a survey published in Pediatrics that addressed “Alternative Vaccination Schedule Preferences Among Parents of Young Children.” The...
In reading various immunization related news this week, I was surprised to find at least a dozen or more articles still focusing on the political aspects of the HPV vaccine. This time,...
While disease prevention is serious stuff, sometimes a little fun can go a long way. Especially if you are trying to get your point across in an impactful way....
If you’ve seen the movie Contagion, the first thing you probably asked yourself was, “Is it possible? Could this really happen?” It’s likely that you then began to consider all the things you had touched, and...
Last week, Michele Bachmann’s misinformed statements on the HPV vaccine illustrated just how much impact politicians can have on public health. In a matter of hours, with the help...
If you haven’t heard by now, than you probably haven’t read or watched any major news source in the past few days. GOP presidential hopeful, and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele...
This past weekend, I was reminded that New York City lost over 300 firefighters as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. ...