Recently, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to discuss several important developments concerning vaccines. This included a discussion of vaccine research and scientific data
Every Child By Two’s (now Vaccinate Your Family’s) online pages have reached over 11 million people with evidence based vaccine messaging in 2016. As we look back at the record number of v
Three times a year a specialized group of medical and public health experts meet to review scientific data related to vaccine safety and effectiveness. This group, known as the Advisory Committee on I
This is a guest post, written by Alicia Stillman, Director of the Emily Stillman Foundation. One of the missions of the Foundation is to raise awareness of meningococcal disease and the various v
This guest post has been written by meningitis survivor Samantha Bennett. I have been an artist most of my life. Like a piece of my art, my body tells a story. My story is drawn on my face, it’s bee
There’s a part of me that understands why some people are hesitant to get newly approved and recommended vaccines. “I don’t want my child to be a pharmaceutical guinea pig.” “The vaccine has
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend MenB vaccine earlier today in order to protect young adults from the deadly “b” strain of meningitis.
I’m here to tell you that meningitis is not only life changing, but it is deadly. In 2008 I was diagnosed with meningococcal septicemia. Within 14 hours from my first symptom, I was told that I had
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 witho
By Andy Marso I occasionally look at pictures of myself on a spring break trip in 2004, about a month before I almost died of a meningococcal infection. I was a senior at the University of Kansas at t