Expert Insights and Commentary


Flu Doesn’t Discriminate So Be Sure To Vaccinate

Each year statistics remind us that anyone can suffer, die or be hospitalized as a result of the flu. That is why influenza vaccine is recommended each and every...


Miss Colorado Reminds America That Nursing Is A Talent

There has been a lot of social media attention given to a monologue that was delivered by a nurse in the Miss American pageant earlier this week.  Nurse Kelley...


Betty Bumpers Inducted into Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame

Most of us go through life trying our best to do the right thing.  It’s one thing to dream about making a big impact on this world, or even...


Be a Vaccine Superhero: Spare Yourself and Others From Disease

Written by Every Child By Two intern, Linn H. As students of public health, through our courses and fieldwork, we often have the opportunity to travel the globe and...


“A Dose of Reality” Does Not Support Abolishing the VICP

This guest post has been written by Dr. Dorit Reiss, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, CA.  Dr. Reiss contributes to various blogs and law...


Global Health Student Discovers the Value of Vaccines

This guest post was written by Michela, a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who is majoring in global studies with a concentration in global...


ACIP Passes “Permissive” Recommendation for MenB Vaccine for Young Adults

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend MenB vaccine earlier today in order to protect young adults from the deadly “b” strain of meningitis.  The...


Had Olmsted Been Right About Measles Vaccine, He’d Still be Wrong

Like many other scientists and vaccine advocates, Joel A. Harrison, PhD, MPH strongly believes that if parents are to decide whether or not they should vaccinate their children, than they...


Why Early HPV Vaccination is Beneficial

Since the human papillomavirus (HPV) is transmitted from one person to another through sexual activity, many parents question why the CDC recommends the vaccine be administered to boys and...


Maine Public Health Professional Recognized as Immunization Champion

Every state needs a local source for parents to get immunization information they can trust.  In addition to state health departments, many states have immunization coalitions, immunization program managers...