Hashtag How Do I Social Media About Vaccines
"I read this awful story about a girl who got that vaccine and..." Yep, social media and vaccines: the intersection where the worst information spreads…
What’s Your Motivation?
There's a narrative amongst anti-vaccine activists that people who work in the vaccine world are doing it for the money. Be they pediatricians or advocates…
An Alarm Bell You Cannot Wait On
A few weeks ago my five-month-old, Lucian, started showing symptoms of teething: mild fever, fussiness, not sleeping as well, and a small decrease in milk…
National Infant Immunization Week: It’s Not Just for Babies Any More
It is National Infant Immunization Week, and that means we are talking vaccines in infancy. In particular, we are encouraging people who are expecting babies…
A Horrible Cough and My Vaccination Education
I guess it all started with my fascination with herbal medicine and other alternative healing practices. I had a very nice and sizeable herbal remedy…
Here Come the Dads
If I had a penny for every time I said, "I'm talking about mothers here because mothers are the people who usually make decisions about…
Birth of the Vaccine Mom
With the birth of my daughter came the mom’s group—a place where first-time mothers can go in sweatpants, baby in tow, and not feel guilty…
Parenthetical Science!
When I first heard that Dr. Chad Hayes (from Demystifying Pediatrics) and Natalie Newell (from the Science Moms film) were teaming up to do a…
My Friend Al: An HPV Story
When he turned sixty, my friend Al went for his yearly physical and mentioned to the attending physician that he had a small lump on…
Ask Dr. Offit
I don't know if Dr. Paul Offit (author and doctor in Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) counts as famous, but for many in…