Vaccine Video/Story of the Week

March 18, 2019: Mind a Minute speak about the importance of vaccines for children. Follow this link to see the video.

March 3, 2019: The group ASAP Science has created a video with answers for those who are against vaccinations. Follow this link to see it.

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!)