With school back in full swing, it won’t be long before parents start seeing report cards. While report cards may reflect a child’s performance on class tests and quizzes, grades...
After viewing PBS’ NOVA film Vaccines: Calling the Shots, I began wondering what the film’s impact would be. I’ll admit that the film was very ambitious. It addressed the science...
Some may call me a bad mother because I can’t remember if my back labor was with the first or second child, or if my varicose veins sprung up...
It’s common for people to question whether all the vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are really necessary. Thanks to the success of...
Hepatitis B is a liver infection that is caused by the hepatitis B virus which is spread when blood or other body fluid infected with the hepatitis B virus enters...
I could hear it clearly from across the auditorium. A distinctive cough in a very small child. It was painful to my ears and I brought a sinking feeling to...
It’s National Influenza Vaccination Week and it’s likely that some people haven’t received their flu shots yet. You should know that flu season has officially arrived and some states have already begun...
Every day, all around the world, infants, children and adults are getting vaccinated. If we were to calculate the exact number of vaccines administered in just one given day, I’m certain...
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...
When I began writing on this blog three and a half years ago, I had never had a face-to-face conversation with someone who I would’ve described as “anti-vaccine”. That’s not surprising really, since about 99% of...