Policy/Advocacy


It’s Not Too Late To Save Lives

By ECBT Executive Director, Amy Pisani Please Consider Supporting Every Child By Two’s Efforts This Holiday Season Whooping cough (pertussis) and influenza continue to take the lives of too...


Making the Case for Meningitis Vaccination

Last month there was a great deal of concern regarding several meningitis outbreaks on college campuses.  The first to really gain attention were the seven cases at Princeton University.  While it is typical for meningitis...


Kick the Flu Out of School

This post was written by Melody Butler, a pediatric RN and mother of four.  As a vocal vaccine advocate, Melody founded Nurses Who Vaccinate and is a Shot@Life Immunization...


Help Support Childhood Vaccinations With #GivingTuesday

Every Child By Two Executive Director, Amy Pisani writes the following letter in consideration of #GivingTuesday.   As Every Child By Two (ECBT) continues our partnership with the #GivingTuesday initiative, we...


Take Action In Support of National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

By Amy Pisani, Executive Director of Every Child By Two Last week a group of activists from The Canary Party held a Congressional briefing which was intended to raise...


Flu Deaths Among Young, Healthy and Unvaccinated

The flu is predictably unpredictable.  Each year we know it’s coming and yet people – sometimes even children – will fall ill and die.  We just can’t predict when it will arrive, how...


Governor's Directive May Undermine State Vaccine Exemption Policies

Last year, an immunization bill to help protect the children, schools and communities in California from vaccine preventable diseases was introduced to the State Assembly.  This proposed bill (AB 2109)...


New Evidence of Risk from Delaying Vaccines

Statistics show that by age two, one in eight children were undervaccinated at some point in time due to parental decisions to delay or refuse certain vaccines.  Despite the evidence that the infant...


Studies Provide Evidence of Vaccine Safety And Efficacy

There are a lot of reasons why I love vaccines, but most importantly it’s because they save lives.  However, my appreciation of vaccines has also helped to elevate my appreciation...


The Affordable Care Act and Its Impact on Immunizations

The past 24 hours has been a whirlwind of uncertainty and stress for many Americans.  Friends on Facebook and Twitter have been expressing their collective displeasure with our Congressional leaders...