Policy/Advocacy


Help in the Fight Against Disease While Shopping This Holiday Season

Throughout the holiday season and beyond, you can show your support for Every Child By Two just by shopping online. Just make your purchases through AmazonSmile, and Every...


The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: What Does the AP Report Really Show?

This guest post has been written by Dr. Dorit Reiss, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of  the Law in San Francisco, CA.   Dr. Reiss contributes to various articles, blogs...


Grassroots Fundraising Campaign Aims To Support Every Child By Two

Every Child By Two (ECBT) is thrilled to announce that a grassroots effort was recently launched to raise $10,000 in support of our ambitious mission to save the lives...


Help Stop Pneumonia, the Leading Infectious Killer of Children

Every 20 seconds a child dies from pneumonia somewhere in the world. It is the leading infectious killer of children under age 5 worldwide. Each year on November...


Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccine Approved But Awaiting CDC Recommendations

This month another college student succumbed to a strain of meningitis that is not covered in the currently recommended meningococcal vaccine. In 2013 and 2014 outbreaks of serogroup B meningococcal...


Fascinating Report on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

Time and again I hear people on social media criticizing our immunization practices here in the United States.  Often they make suggestions that vaccine recommendations are made arbitrarily and...


Join Amanda Peet in the Fight to End Polio on World Polio Day

Written by: Amanda Peet, Every Child By Two Vaccine Ambassador Last summer I traveled to Kenya as part of a UN Foundation/Every Child By Two delegation to ensure access...


Sharing Immunization Information in Everyday Conversations

This post was originally shared on the MOMunizations blog in honor of National Immunization Awareness Month. Throughout the month of August immunization advocates have been highlighting the value of vaccines across...


Check Vaccination Records Before Students Head Back to School

This month I’ve been consumed with back-to-school preparations.  With one child headed to college, two in high school, one in middle school and another in elementary school, our family...


ACIP: Fifty Years of Vaccine Recommendations Continue with an Eye Towards Safety and Efficacy

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The Committee, founded by the Surgeon General in 1964, originally consisted of 10 members and...