Children with Cancer Need Vaccinated Communities
I want to tell you about the children that are impacted by those who choose not to vaccinate—children like my 4 year old grandson who…
Ep. 38: Listen Up! HPV Vaccine is Cancer Prevention
What happens when you bring to HPV Vaccine is Cancer Prevention champions together? A great conversation about how to encourage parents to start and complete…
Monogamy is No Failsafe: HPV and Cervical Cancer
Editor's note: This post deals with sexual matters, including non-consensual sexual assault and may not be suited for all audiences. I will always advocate for…
A Pharmacist on the Value of Vaccines
Ever since I was a child, I hated needles. I think many people would say the same thing. Even as I went through pharmacy school…
Ep. 37: Madi Survived Influenza, Barely
Shelle Allen's healthy, happy daughter, Madi, was 12 years old when she asked to be picked up from a birthday party. After a day, she…
Seriously, It’s Not Too Late to Get a Flu Shot
I've always felt that National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW, which is this week, falls strangely late in the year. The CDC advised everyone get their…
Ep. 36: Protect Me Later: Alternative Vaccine Schedules
We know that parents refusing vaccines is an area of concern for all of us, but more frequently, parents are asking doctors to give vaccines…
Ep. 35: What do you do with a vaccine hesitant parent?
When the good folks at WithinReach in Washington state invited us to come talk at their immunization summit, we were more than thrilled. Recording a…
Ep. 34: The Champion of Community Immunity in California
Dr. Richard Pan has been a champion for community immunity his entire career, from his beginnings as a resident in Pittsburgh to his work in…
The Vaccine Trial
When I was pregnant I received a letter from the Oxford Vaccine Group asking me to enroll my unborn child in a meningococcal vaccine trial…