A Teen Speaks Up for Vaccines
Spreading the word about the benefits of vaccinating children is a personal crusade for my family and me. My mother lost her younger brother to…
An Open Letter to Expecting Parents and Parents Yet-To-Be about Vaccinating
My wife is a very strong woman. She is independent, intelligent, fierce-spirited, and dedicated to her ideals: all reasons why I love her, right? When…
Why Do You Vaccinate? (Giving Tuesday)
By some measures, 2014 has been a great year to be a disease. Measles found its way into too many communities, making more people ill in…
What HPV Can Do
It was November 2008 when I got the astounding news that I had abnormal cervical cells. It was meant to be a routine GP appointment.…
To Those Opposed to Vaccinations
When I was five, I got whooping cough (pertussis). It was horrible. Aside from nearly dying, I couldn’t stop coughing. I have a vivid memory…
The Book That Had to be Written
Like many people, I came to writing after a love affair with reading. The last book count in my house was over ten thousand. We…
Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
Vaccine-preventable diseases are making a comeback in the US, and community immunity may be at risk. Less than 20 years ago, measles was declared eliminated…
Surviving Meningitis: Rayna’s Story
They always say that your freshman year is the year that you find and discover yourself. For Easter break that year, I decided that I…
How My Daughter Taught Me that Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism
“It’s fun to watch you both grow up,” the doctor said, putting a Band-Aid over the site where my three-year-old daughter had just received the…
Stop Using my Children to Scare Parents out of Vaccinating
It was never my intention in life to become a vaccine advocate. I have to do enough just advocating for my kids, as two of…