Author: VaccinateYourFamily


The Public Health Emergency is Ending, but COVID Remains a Threat

The Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration is ending on May 11, but COVID remains a threat. The PHE was first declared in 2020 in response to the spread of...


Immune-Boosting Tips to Stay Well This Winter

This post was originally published with MediaPlanet in the FutureOfPersonalHealth.com Winter Wellness Issue, and was written by Vaccinate Your Family.  Are you more likely to get sick during the...


What is RSV?

Editor’s Note: post last updated August 3, 2023.  You probably know someone who has gotten sick with RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) given the number of cases in the U.S....


Measles Outbreak in Ohio Shows Importance of Routine Immunizations

A measles outbreak in central Ohio has sickened 81 kids so far this year, and 29 children have been hospitalized, according to the Columbus Public Health department. Many of...


We’re Worried About This Flu Season: Here’s Why

We’re worried about this flu season. At Vaccinate Your Family, we keep a close eye on the spread of flu each fall and winter – and things are looking...


Do Kids Have to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine for School?

Do children now have to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for school? No! The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently voted to add COVID-19 vaccines to the routine childhood...


Vaccinate Your Family and the Society for Women’s Health Research Work Together to Promote Vaccine Uptake

This blog was originally published by the Society for Women’s Health Research – read here.  Even as stories about vaccine hesitancy and declining vaccination rates appear across news headlines,...


Don’t Call It “Just” The Flu

Flu season is coming – here’s why you shouldn’t call it “just” the flu. Experts are predicting that the 2022-23 flu season could be severe. While masking and social...


Guest Post! Everything is a Conspiracy in Anti-vaccine Land, Even when it Isn’t, Take #3125: The Israeli Version

By Dorit Reiss By 2022, literally billions of doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have been given around the world, and extensive data exists from many monitoring systems, suggesting that...


Aluminum in Vaccines: Is it Harmful?

Today, Academic Pediatrics published a study that looked at whether the aluminum in vaccines could be connected to asthma in children. The study did NOT find that the aluminum...