Expert Insights and Commentary


Hepatitis B: Why Worry, Why Vaccinate?

Hepatitis B is a liver infection that is caused by the hepatitis B virus which is spread when blood or other body fluid infected with the hepatitis B virus enters...


Wakefield Was Wrong About Vaccine Safety And Dr. Harrison Proves It

Since I first began contributing to Shot of Prevention I’ve had many opportunities to realize that people who support immunizations are genuinely concerned about the welfare of others.  Everyone from healthcare providers...


Nurses Help Bring Immunity to Our Communities

It’s National Nurses Week and the theme for this year is “Nurses: Leading the Way.”   Whether nurses are employed in private practices, health clinics, hospitals or schools, they...


Don’t Be Distracted by Vaccine Myths and Misinformation

Vaccine advocates often wonder whether participating in discussions with those who vehemently oppose vaccines is helpful to our cause of advancing immunization education.  On the one hand, we don’t want misinformation to go...


Invisible Threat Filmmaker Discusses Journalistic Integrity

Invisible Threat is a 40-minute documentary produced by California high school students which explores the science of vaccination and how misperceptions have led some parents to make dangerous decisions.  ...


The Cost of Vaccine Misinformation

This guest post was written by Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of  the Law in San Francisco, CA.  In this post Dr. Reiss responds to...


Mainstream Media Covers the Not-So-Mainstream Decision to Skip Vaccines

Over the past few weeks there seems to be a shift in the way that national news organizations have been covering immunization issues.  Rather than focusing on the myths that...



Say #NoWayDrJay: Don’t Bring Measles Back

The CDC has recently reported that the United States is experiencing a record number of measles cases this year with outbreaks spread from New York to California.  Despite the fact that measles was once...


Vaccine Influencers and Social Media Messages

Last week HuffPost Live featured a discussion of vaccination and for once I was pleased to see a media conversation that didn’t pose the topic as a debate. The three people interviewed in the...