News/Outbreaks


Give Thanks for Good Health and to Those Who Made It Possible

By Amy Pisani I recently sent a very brief word of praise to a few colleagues down at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ) for all...


SELF Magazine Features Vaccinate Your Baby Spokesperson Amanda Peet

"This is about children's health. This is about the future of our children's health. It's about what happens when you become complacent and you're not vigilant as a community....


Give Thanks for Your Healthy Child

Guest Blog post by Dawn A. Crawford, Communications Director at the Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition At the height of the H1N1 scare it’s easy to forget why we are...


Government moves past the vaccine-autism debate

By Amy Pisani Hi everyone, I’m not sure how familiar you are with the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, but it is the committee within the department of Health and...


H1N1 Vaccine: No “Golden Ticket”

By Amy Pisani It’s early November and I’m no closer to attaining H1N1 vaccine for my nine year old. My pediatrician has basically given up and suggested I get...


60 Minutes Gives First-Ever Glimpse of the H1N1 Vaccine Production Plant

By Amy Pisani Yesterday, CBS’ 60 Minutes gave us a peek into the United States’ only H1N1 flu vaccine production facility in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania – allowing the public to...


Pnock Out Pneumonia with the Best Shot Foundation

By David Rubenstein, Best Shot Foundation Today is World Pneumonia Day – a day to amplify the quiet global discussion about how best to solve a forgotten health crisis...


Journalist’s Vaccine Article Draws Hate Mail

By Amy Pisani Hi Everyone.  Amy Wallace, who wrote the excellent cover story for the November issue of Wired Magazine on the anti-vaccine movement has just been interviewed on...


We Are All Living Proof

By Amy Pisani Last night I was glued to my computer watching the live webcast of the Gates Foundation’s Living Proof Project:  U.S. Investments in Global Health are Working. ...


H1N1 and Autism: What Parents Need to Know

By Alison Singer President, Autism Science Foundation There are two main questions that parents of children with autism have been asking us about H1N1 virus and H1N1 vaccine. The...