A few weeks ago I wrote about the fact that Katie Couric’s new daytime television show Katie was planning to air a segment about HPV vaccine. After hearing the proposed line-up for the show...
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...
By Amy Pisani As both a Rotarian and the director of Every Child By Two – Carter/Bumpers’ Champions of Immunization, my commitment to playing a small part in eradicating...
This guest post was written by Melody Butler, BSN, RN, and pediatric nurse. As the founder of Nurses Who Vaccinate , Melody has received various national honors, including the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Immunity...
Nurses Who Vaccinate is hosting a Nurses Night Out event on World Polio Day, October 24th in Islip, NY. In an effort to spread the word, the question arose...
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...
I woke up today and realized that tomorrow is September 11th. Of course, this date conjures up a variety of emotions for me. From horror to heroism, to prayer...
When a child is born parents experience a combination of joy, relief, hope and even a healthy dose of worry. Every parent wants to keep their precious children safe, and thanks...
The one thing that is certain about the flu is that it is extremely unpredictable. It’s impossible to predict the severity of the flu from patient to patient and...