Vaccines and Beating the Odds
Vaccines are literally a life or death situation for people like my father, who battled stage 4 leukemia after being given six weeks to live.…
Oh, baby! It’s National Immunization Awareness Month!
August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM), a month that is akin to St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving, and Fourth of July all rolled into one…
Building on Momentum
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and we hope your social media feeds have been inundated with vaccine talk. But we need to remember that…
Why I Keep Posting
Or: Confessions of a Broken Record I post about two things on social media - science fiction and vaccines. The first, because I love it. …
Kids Talk to Kids About Shots
Ethan Posard got his Tdap (tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis) booster on-camera, thanks to his older sister and the documentary film she was making at school, Invisible Threat. The…
When Private Choices Affect Public Health
Editor's Note: A longer version of this piece originally appeared on Loura's private blog. Several years ago, my state outlawed public smoking. As a non-smoker concerned with…
Surviving Influenza: Nathan’s Story
On Friday, October 30th 2009, my son Nathan had just turned ten. The next day, October 31st, he played in an early morning football game.…
Graduating? You Are Responsible for Your Immunizations!
As you graduate high school or start work or college, getting protected against vaccine-preventable diseases probably isn't very high on your to-do list. Once you…
All About That Vax
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, the month set aside for reminding parents to get their babies, older children, teenagers, and themselves vaccinated. While Voices…