With coughing so severe it could crack your baby’s ribs, pertussis (whooping cough) can be life-threatening to children under the age of one. But, your baby doesn’t get his first pertussis vaccine until he is 2 months old, so how do you protect him from this horrible and life-threatening disease in the first few months […]
You may think polio is a disease of the past, and here in America, it sort of is. However, without the polio vaccine, America could easily see polio again. Polio was once the leading cause of disability in the United States. It was also considered one of the most dreaded of the childhood diseases. During […]
If you made it through childhood without catching chickenpox and haven’t been vaccinated as an adult, you may want to consider the vaccine. As Julian found out, getting the chickenpox as an adult is horrific. Julian is a schoolteacher in Australia, but the schoolyard is not where his chickenpox story began. Julian was spending time […]
I had a chance to listen in on a conference call with some amazingly motivated vaccine advocates and some of the creative talents behind the documentary, Invisible Threat. The documentary is produced by high school student filmmakers and explores the science behind vaccinations and the fears and misconceptions people have about vaccines. The Invisible Threat is so […]