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Vaccine Conversations
Parents have questions about the health and care of their children. It’s normal! They want to know (for instance) what to give a child who has a high fever, when a multivitamin is appropriate, and if...
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Pregnant Women and Vaccination
Dr. Mary Beth Koslap-Petraco, PKIDs’ advice nurse practitioner, talks about the vaccines pregnant women need. Listen now! Right-click here to download podcast (8 min/4 mb)
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Why Nurses Should Get Vaccinated
(Welcome to guest blogger Dr. Mary Beth Koslap-Petraco. She is a nurse practitioner in New York and a frequent guest speaker around the country on the topic of vaccines.) Nursing organizations are...
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Hey Mom and Dad. Get Vaccinated!
When I was 32 I got married, had braces put on my teeth, acquired my first pair of reading glasses, and erupted in pimples the size of which I’d not seen on any adolescent. I was something to look at....
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Shot at Life
Remember SARS? That virus popped up in China in 2003 and quickly coughed and sneezed its way to dozens of other countries. And the 2009 H1N1 virus made its introductory appearance in Mexico, when a pig...
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Why You Have to Vaccinate
In 2000, public health workers slapped high fives and declared measles eliminated in the U.S. This meant that the disease wasn’t being passed person-to-person in this country. In 2011, we had 222 cases...
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Adults Young and Old Need Vaccines
Adults know to wash hands and wear condoms to prevent infections. And we try to eat fruits and veggies to stay healthy. Some days, we even exercise. One thing we don’t do enough of is get vaccinated....
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A Mother’s Legacy
I would like to tell you about my mother and all mothers like her who suffered through the loss of a child from an infectious disease. Raising a family in the hills of Kentucky, where most people were...
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CDC Asks for Help
(From the CDC and HHS) June 26, 2012 Dear Pharmacists and Community Vaccinators, Thank you all for your tremendous efforts this past year to raise immunization rates in the United States. Outbreaks of...
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The Weeder, the Girl, and the Vaccine
When we were but moppets, Dad paid a nickel for every weed my brothers and I and the neighborhood kids pulled out of our yard on Saturday mornings. He’d appoint my oldest brother to be in charge, and...
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Why Vaccinate? I Never Get Sick!
No matter your age, if you’re sitting in a moving vehicle you’re required to wear a seatbelt or to be in a size-appropriate car seat. Most states require that anyone riding a bicycle or a motorcycle...
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Healthcare Professionals: Thanks for Vaccinating Yourselves!
I like nurses and doctors and technicians and assistants and all the folks who, one way or another, try to keep me healthy. That needed to be said because, in a second, it’s going to seem like I don’t...
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Reporters – Follow The Science (Please!)
Immunizations are a perpetually hot topic. We’ve been getting questions from reporters for over a decade about the need for vaccines, the efficacy of vaccines, and invariably the safety of vaccines....
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What’s New With Flu?
CDC released lots of data today on last year’s flu season. This will help to inform all of us as we look at the coming season and determine our health messaging targets. Take a look . . . Flu...
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Pneumo – It’s All About the Numbers
When we are immunized, we usually have to get several shots, or doses, before we’re protected against a disease. Nearly all vaccine-preventable diseases require more than one dose of vaccine to provide...
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Invisible Threat
One hundred trillion bacteria live on the surface of your body. And on mine. We’re all teeming with germs so small, they’re invisible to our eyes. For the most part, we coexist in peace and sometimes...
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NOVA: Vaccines – Calling The Shots
Premieres Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 9PM/8c on PBS! Press release from NOVA about this fascinating documentary: Measles. Mumps. Whooping cough. Diseases that were largely eradicated in the...
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New Movement Spotlights The Value Of Vaccination
Encouraging conversation through valueofvaccination.org An ever-growing body of individuals and organizations has come together for the purpose of highlighting that which is well-known but seldom...
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Childhood Diseases Reaching Out to Adults
Angelina Jolie has chickenpox, and a passel of NHL players suffers at home with mumps. What’s going on? Adults are getting knocked sideways by childhood illnesses because (1) when they were children,...
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To Vaccinate Or Not: One Family’s Journey
When I had my first child over a decade ago, the idea of not vaccinating was one I was wholly unfamiliar with. I followed all of the suggestions of the doctor in regards to care for my baby and didn’t...
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