What’s Your Motivation?
There's a narrative amongst anti-vaccine activists that people who work in the vaccine world are doing it for the money. Be they pediatricians or advocates…
National Infant Immunization Week: It’s Not Just for Babies Any More
It is National Infant Immunization Week, and that means we are talking vaccines in infancy. In particular, we are encouraging people who are expecting babies…
Here Come the Dads
If I had a penny for every time I said, "I'm talking about mothers here because mothers are the people who usually make decisions about…
Parenthetical Science!
When I first heard that Dr. Chad Hayes (from Demystifying Pediatrics) and Natalie Newell (from the Science Moms film) were teaming up to do a…
Ask Dr. Offit
I don't know if Dr. Paul Offit (author and doctor in Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) counts as famous, but for many in…
Five Years! A Letter of Thanks to You
Five years ago, Voices for Vaccines relaunched as a pro-vaccine parent organization. On a personal level, working with Voices for Vaccines these past five years…
The Unvaccinated Children We Love
"My sister-in law won't vaccinated my nieces and nephews." "My cousin has been posting anti-vaccine memes on Facebook." "My best friend is convinced her child's…
What Can I Do?
If you don't know Tara Smith from Kent State, you should. That may be the main reason we asked her to be a guest on…
Vaccines: Not Just for Kids!
Crossing the threshold into adulthood is marked by rites of passage: graduations, first jobs, and lowered vaccine uptake. Perhaps getting fewer vaccines isn't a rite…
Protection Begins Before Birth
I remember during my second pregnancy seeing an ad informing me that I could pass along whooping cough to my baby. At the time, I…