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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...