Yesterday morning I woke to a message from a parent who was concerned about a report she saw on ABC News. Apparently Good Morning America was recapping the Nightline investigation from the night prior which...
A new study, which investigated data from the National Immunization Surveys published between 1995 and 2006, confirms what public health advocates already suspected. As the Medical Daily blog reported yesterday, the study...
Science continues to fascinate me! Personally, I have been grateful for modern medicine many times throughout my own life. I have seen a premature baby, who arrived weighing just a few pounds, grow into...
Three times a year the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC), which is an advisory group to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), meets to discuss vaccine...
It’s important for doctors, nurses, health care professionals and parents to keep informed about changes to the recommended immunization schedule. Today’s report from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) details the changes...
Shots aren’t just for babies. In fact, it is recommended that children receive booster shots for various preventable diseases throughout their adolescent years. And recently, since bacterial meningitis has proven to be a serious,...
As I mentioned in Monday’s post, I recently hosted a special conference call that was intended to provide other bloggers with information on seasonal influenza and the universal recommendation of flu vaccine. The call...
I can still hear my grandmother yelling “Put your coat on, before you catch pneumonia!” I heard this repeatedly throughout my childhood. But eventually, I realized that a coat was not the best defense...
Every Child By Two (ECBT) recently offered an informative webinar entitled “Autism 101 for Immunization Advocates”. You may be asking, why would an immunization organization like Every Child By...
I have always admired people who work in the field of healthcare. Not just because of the knowledge that they have acquired and use to help others, but for reasons...