By Christine Vara It’s August and every where you turn students are preparing to return to school. College students are often the first ones to return to campus, and today it is not uncommon for
By Christine Vara My last post left me a bit disillusioned. Do we really need to exploit the tragic stories of families who have lost their children to vaccine preventable diseases in order for vacc
By Katie Van Tornhout After five years and four miscarriages, our daughter Callie entered the world. Although she was born six weeks early, the doctors felt comfortable letting us take her home afte
By Amy Pisani [Update: We just received the exciting news that Luke will be appearing on Morning Joe on MSNBC tomorrow morning. Be sure to tune in between 8:20 and 9 AM ET to watch Luke discuss with
Guest Blog post by Laura E. Scott, Executive Director of Families Fighting Flu After almost daily calls for the past two months to our pediatrician’s office, the Virginia Department of Health, and A
By Danielle Romaguera Hello and welcome to Shot of Prevention! As co-editor, I am very excited to be launching this blog, and am looking forward to the conversations we will be having. I hope that b