Author: everychildbytwo


Helping Colorado's Moms Make Educated Choices About Vaccines

By Dawn Crawford, Communications Director at the Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition. Parents are inundated with opinions from others these days, leaving them with a myriad a questions about how to...


Vaccine Court Denies All Three “Thimerosal Causes Autism” Test Cases

By Alison Singer President, Autism Science Foundation This afternoon, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (i.e. Vaccine Court) issued its decision on whether thimerosal-containing vaccines can cause autism.  The...


Once Again, Court Rules Vaccines DO NOT Cause Autism

By Amy Pisani The U.S. Court of Federal Claims today issued a decision on the Omnibus Autism Proceeding’s second theory that vaccines which contain thimerosal (a preservative) do not...


Bittersweet News On Parental Attitudes Toward Vaccines

By Amy Pisani A new study that was released by researchers from the University of Michigan and published in the journal Pediatrics this week revealed some bittersweet news about...


A Mother's Personal Story: Get Vaccinated Against Meningitis

By Lynn Bozof Lynn Bozof is one of five founding members of the National Meningitis Association. It’s great news that there is now a second vaccine licensed for meningococcal...


Washington Post on H1N1: Experts Say Pandemic Strain Could Reemerge

By Amy Pisani It seems like we’ve been hearing less about H1N1 recently, but it’s important to be mindful of the uncertainty of this virus, and to continue to...


See What Moms Are Saying In Latest Momversation on Vaccines

Check out this video “Momversation” of parents reacting to the recent Lancet retraction. Mommy blogger Daphne Brogdon of Cool Mom gathers some of her fellow parenting bloggers...


News from our friends at Families Fighting Flu

Check out the following items from our friends at Families Fighting Flu. They have some excellent resources to offer! Participate in the Families Fighting Flu Survey! FFF created an...


Dr. Nancy Talks Vaccines on Morning Joe

Check out this video from Morning Joe which aired this morning.  Co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski had Chris Mooney, author of Unscientific America, and NBC’s Dr. Nancy Snyderman...


LA Times – The damage of the anti-vaccination movement

By Amy Pisani Journalist Michael Fumento’s opinion piece in today’s LA Times touches on the ramifications of the 1998 Wakefield study, which was retracted this week by the original...