Feb. 17, 2019: A video by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the path of a vaccine for children from development through monitoring. It also shows the three phases of clinical trials, vaccine licensing and manufacturing, how a vaccine is added and how vaccine safety is monitored. Follow this link to see the video.
Jan. 27, 2019: Cases of measles in Europe have reached the highest this decade, according to the World Health Organization. Follow this link to see the BBC News report.
Dec. 30, 2018: Follow this link to see an interactive map tracking outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases around the world, presented by Vaccineswork.org.
Dec. 15, 2018: The American Cancer Society produced the video HPV Survivor Stories. Follow this link to see it.
Dec. 2, 2018: Measles is one of the most contagious viruses on earth with infants and those with weakened immune systems at highest risk. Follow this link to see a 90-second explanation from Bloomberg Business.
Nov. 18, 2018: Follow this link to see a video about Sarah Walton, who caught measles when she was 11 months old and at the time recovered well. Twenty years later Sarah was diagnosed with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a viral infection that is a complication of measles which leads to a progressive destruction of the … Read more
Nov. 4, 2018: Follow this link to hear Amy Parker give us her take on growing up unvaccinated and the importance of disease prevention.
Oct. 21, 2018: Follow this link to hear Laci Green lay down some truth about HPV. (Caution: F-bomb dropped… ear muffs!)
Oct. 7, 2018: Follow this link to see Families Fighting Flu’s Story of Joey Holt.
Sept. 24, 2018: Follow this link to see PBS’ Immunity and Vaccines Explained.