Denise Olson, a mother of two from Arizona, wanted to make an informed decision about the HPV vaccine for her children. She wrote this article to share the...
As we countdown to National Influenza Vaccination Week (Dec 7-13) here on Shot of Prevention, we’re participating in a special blog relay with other Flu Vaccination Digital Ambassadors. Each...
To help educate the public about flu, the Vaccinate Your Baby Facebook page will be hosting a three-day flu forum. From Nov. 18th - 20th you can have...
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...
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...
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...
Yesterday was the day I had been anxiously anticipating for well over a month. I took my kids to the local senior center to get our flu shots at the county...
The National Foundation of Infectious Diseases (NFID) held a special press conference yesterday where expert panelists spoke frankly about the seriousness of influenza and the importance of annual flu...
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...