The Seasonal Influenza Virus Vaccine
It’s flu season again. And you have a decision to make. Should you get the flu vaccine this year? Before you get started educating yourself on the influenza vaccine (and I applaud you for doing so), you may want to read the previous two articles in this flu education series: So many people are confused about what […]
Varicella (chickenpox) Vaccine
I don’t know about you, but I REMEMBER getting the chickenpox as a young child. It was itchy and awful. And oatmeal baths! Oh, the oatmeal baths!! Because this is most often a children’s disease, I thought it would be appropriate to litter this post with the some of the cute photos from one of my […]
How are vaccines made and released to the public?
A vaccine’s main goal is to teach your immune system to recognize and remember a bacteria or virus. The word “vaccination” means to stimulate the immune system to make antibodies against the bacteria or virus targeted by the vaccine. “Immunization” is different; it’s used in relation to injecting a person with pre-formed antibodies to a particular […]