Policy/Advocacy


Amanda Peet and NFID Practice Flu Preparedness

Amanda Peet isn’t just an award-winning actress.  She’s also a wife and a mother to two young children.  As an informed parent, Amanda Peet takes an active role in keeping her...


What's New With Flu This Season

Every year people complain about holiday promotions hitting retail stores well in advance of the holiday.  While Christmas shopping in July never appealed to me, I have enjoyed seeing early flu vaccination promotions...


Every Child By Two Helping to End Polio Now

Written by Amy Pisani, Every Child By Two (ECBT) Executive Director, who is currently traveling alongside a United Nations delegation to observe the continuing efforts being made by governments and partnerships to stop...


Amanda Peet Champions Vaccines To Turn Moments Into Milestones

Amanda Peet, is an actor, mother, and Every Child by Two Vaccine Ambassador to the UN Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign which educates, connects and empowers the championing of vaccines as one of the...


Comments Are Currency Buying Healthy Lives During Blogust '13

It takes just a moment or two to post a comment on a blog. But would you comment more if you knew that for every comment you made someone would purchase...


Vaccine Ambassadors Embrace A Shared Responsibility

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) promoted Vaccination Week in the Americas earlier this year with a campaign entitled “Vaccination: A Shared Responsibility.”  Their philosophy – that each and every...


New Oregon Law Tightens School Vaccine Exemption Process

Oregon has the unfortunate distinction of having the nation’s highest rate of kindergarteners with nonmedical school vaccine exemptions. While the typical exemption rate across the U.S. for the 2011-2012 school...


Tell ABC That Jenny McCarthy Doesn’t Represent Your ‘View’

Personally, I’ve never really given Jenny McCarthy much consideration.  To me she represents a pretty face who has done her best to exploit her good looks in order to earn...


Study Shows Support for Tightening School Vaccine Exemptions

People who believe in the benefit of immunizations often try to encourage others to vaccinate.  They do so because they are motivated by concern for their family and their community.  They understand that widespread...


Got Questions? It’s OK to Ask

We all have questions and concerns when it comes to immunizations for our children.   That’s the premise behind the Vermont Department of Health’s bold new immunization campaign It’s OK...