When a Facebook friend of mine suggested that he was suffering from a mild case of the flu as a result of his recent flu shot, I wasn’t all that surprised. Lots...
This morning I was reminded of the importance of human papillomavirus vaccination after reading an article that appeared yesterday in Ob.Gyn. News. As the parent of five daughters, and the friend...
Through my involvement with this blog, I have been fortunate enough to participate in various webinars that focus on a variety of immunization issues. I always find them informative for...
All I can say is thank you Alana! Her recent blog post, entitled Myth Buster on the MOMmunizations blog, emphasizes the fact that the flu shot can not give you the flu. Not only...
Two things happened last Friday that reminded me of why I started contributing to this blog. First, I received a note from our school nurse, saying that my daughter...
Global efforts to rid the world of polio have delivered incredible results in the last 60 years: The number of polio cases worldwide has been dramatically reduced by 99%...
A new study, released in Pediatrics last week, examined medical records for 97,711 children from Oregon and noted a concerning trend among parents there. There has been an almost four-fold...
In the past, there has been quite a lot of discussion on this blog regarding the Hepatitis B vaccine that is recommended for infants here in the U.S. Because...
Yesterday morning I woke to a message from a parent who was concerned about a report she saw on ABC News. Apparently Good Morning America was recapping the Nightline investigation from the night prior which...
A new study, which investigated data from the National Immunization Surveys published between 1995 and 2006, confirms what public health advocates already suspected. As the Medical Daily blog reported yesterday, the study...