Expert Insights and Commentary


Medical Community Response to Irresponsible Media

It’s encouraging to see what can be accomplished when we insist on accurate vaccination messages.    Earlier this week, a concerned parent who frequently comments on our Vaccinate Your Baby Facebook...


Evaluating Vaccines Requires Critical Thinking

Most of the topics I post about on this blog are intended to encourage conversation about solutions to immunization challenges.  However, more often than not, the comment section on...


Vaccine Supporters, Get Out Your Megaphones

Last week, Dr. David Katz, the founding director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center, wrote an article for the Huffington Post.  He explained his concern about the future of...


Should Doctors Refuse Patients Who Refuse?

Week after week, I read about doctors who are refusing patients who refuse vaccines.  It’s an ongoing debate that has drawn a great deal of commendation and criticism. On the one hand, doctors are admired for taking a...


Friday Flu Shot: Recommendations For Health Care Workers

Three times a year the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC), which is an advisory group to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), meets to discuss vaccine...


The Health of One Small Child In the Hands of One Big World

Day after day I read articles from parents speaking out in support of vaccines.  Like myself, these parents understand that fear and misinformation about immunizations can spread as quickly as a contagious...


What's New With the 2012 Immunization Schedule

It’s important for doctors, nurses, health care professionals and parents to keep informed about changes to the recommended immunization schedule.    Today’s report from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) details the changes...


Vaccination Ethics Come to Question as The Patriot Nurse Strikes Again

Last week, there was quite a lot of discussion about a YouTube video entitled, “Why This Nurse WON’T Vaccinate” that was posted by a woman who refers to herself...


Responsible Nurses, and Then There’s This

Recently a friend and nurse, who I adore, shared a video with me.  Now I know my friend to be a very diligent nurse and she’s often discussed how...


A Shill For Science

Today we are featuring a guest post from one of our blog readers.  We hope you will appreciate her contribution as much as we do! I’m the mother of two...