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A Vaccine Can Prevent This Cancer

The vaccine didn't exist when I was a teen. I truly wish it had been available, because cancer was brutal.

Children Paid the Price: Growing Up Unvaccinated in a Faith Healing Community

If somebody had told me they were vaccinated, I probably would have told them that was a sin.

My Classmates Thought I Was Drunk. I Had Meningitis.

I was eleven years old, and in the early stages of meningococcal meningitis. Nobody recognized how sick I was.

My Newborn Caught Whooping Cough in the Pediatrician’s Waiting Room

Whooping cough? I didn't think people got that anymore. Our daughter was a five week old newborn.

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From Unvaccinated to Vaccinated: My Reckoning with The Wellness World

My parents were deep in the wellness world, and there was a lot of fear-mongering about vaccines

We Love Ayzlee – Our Flu Story

We lost Ayzlee to influenza in 2014. She was a healthy 3-year-old. It can happen to anyone.

A Hib Vaccine Would’ve Saved My Brother

I sat on the floor next to Bobby. As I sat there watching him, I felt terrified.

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How Close Measles Got to My Family

I was pregnant when my husband came down with measles. It could have seriously harmed our baby.

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Answering Key Questions on Hepatitis B Birth Dose at a Critical Time

by John Ward (Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination) and Karen Ernst (Voices for Vaccines) On December 4th, the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)…

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What Flu Does to Beckett

Beckett's body overreacts to common viruses like influenza. We're a little anxious about this fall & winter.

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