My Experience in the Polio Ward
April 1, 2024
It took 4-year-old me years to recover from polio. Get your kids vaccinated instead.
A Polio Epidemiologist on the Anti-Vaccine Movement
March 4, 2024
If the people who oppose all vaccines got what they wanted, it would be disastrous where I work.
Ep. 74: Game Night
December 18, 2023
Put your Google down, and join our Vax Ambassadors for some fun! Each month, our Vax Ambassadors meet to learn something new about vaccines. This…
I Was One of the Last Americans to Get Polio
October 10, 2023
When I was young, I was the only kid in the whole school with a disability from polio. Years later I began to feel the long-term effects.
Ep. 68: Vaccines Year in Review
December 23, 2022
At the end of 2021, everyone may have thought that had been the Year of the Vaccine, but 2022 came along and said, "Hold my…
I’m a Polio Survivor. I Don’t Want You to Get It.
October 18, 2022
Polio is once again a public health threat in the United States. Grace is disappointed, though not surprised.
Ep. 64: Polio Makes a Terrible Return
August 15, 2022
Remember the old refrain: polio is only a plane ride away. We invited the excellent Blima Marcus to talk to us about polio hitting U.S. shores.
You Have the Power to Protect Me
August 2, 2020
I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease when I was 9 years old. I receive IV infusions of a Crohn’s medication at the hospital every 8…
Ep. 42: Can We Get Back to Routine Vaccines?
June 24, 2020
While the world is consumed with justifiable fears of COVID-19, measles, polio, and even diphtheria are finding pathways to resurgence. What is going on with…
Before They Were Preventable
August 14, 2019
When I was eleven years old I learned why my maternal grandmother and my mother have always been vehemently pro-vaccine. It was the day I…