The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Meeting of December 4 and 5, 2025 PART II In part I of this blog series posted yesterday, I gave you a taste of the most recent ACIP meeting. It was painful for me to listen to, and I am goingContinue reading “It Is an Unfortunate Time for Our Country to be Tolerating an Anti-Vax Administration and the Undermining of our Public Health System and Scientific Research Infrastructure”
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It is an Unfortunate Time for Our Country to be Tolerating an Anti-Vax Administration and the Undermining of our Public Health System and Scientific Research Infrastructure
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Meeting of December 4 and 5, 2025 PART I I’ll make the connection to the poor timing in Part II, but first an explainer of what happened at the end of last week with the ACIP meeting. A vote on aContinue reading “It is an Unfortunate Time for Our Country to be Tolerating an Anti-Vax Administration and the Undermining of our Public Health System and Scientific Research Infrastructure”
The Seasonal Influenza Vaccine
Who should consider getting it; Which vaccine should they get; When should they get vaccinated? Who should consider getting the seasonal influenza vaccine? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends annual influenza vaccination of all children without medical contraindications starting at 6 months of age.[1] The CDC recommends routine annual influenza vaccination is recommended for allContinue reading “The Seasonal Influenza Vaccine”
What to Know About This Week’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) Meeting
Part I: The Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine The Issue – Children are recommended to receive a two-shot series of measles, mumps, rubella (German measles), and varicella (chickenpox) vaccines with the first dose at 12 – 15 months of age and the second dose between ages 4 – 6 years. There are twoContinue reading “What to Know About This Week’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) Meeting”
What to Know About This Week’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) Meeting
A new blog series This is my introduction of a new blog series. The blog series will first cover the three major vaccine decisions made by the committee during their meeting that spanned Thursday, September 18 and Friday, September 19. Then, I will cover how we assess vaccine safety, because a primary strategy of thoseContinue reading “What to Know About This Week’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) Meeting”
A (fairly) Comprehensive Review of What We Know, What We Think We Know and What You Should Consider about COVID-19.
A (fairly) Comprehensive Review of What We Know, What We Think We Know and What You Should Consider about COVID-19. My intention here is to provide you with information. With this information, you can make your own decisions about your health care. Any recommendations that I make are just that – you can choose whetherContinue reading “A (fairly) Comprehensive Review of What We Know, What We Think We Know and What You Should Consider about COVID-19.”
The Loss of Control of Measles in the U.S.: A Harbinger of Bad Things to Come
For the past five years, we have been seeing the impacts of decades of coordinated anti-vaccine, and more generally and more recently, anti-science campaigns on a grand scale. When writing the previous sentence, I initially used the phrase “we have been seeing the end results,” but then I replaced “end results” with “impacts.” That isContinue reading “The Loss of Control of Measles in the U.S.: A Harbinger of Bad Things to Come”
A Comprehensive Review and Update on Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in the U.S.
I have been writing about avian influenza since April 1st a year ago in a large number of blog posts. To understand why I have written so much about this virus and why it remains a concern to me, let’s first review information I have previously provided and then let’s discuss an update and whyContinue reading “A Comprehensive Review and Update on Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in the U.S.”
Idaho Legislature Votes to Make Ivermectin an Over-the-counter Medication
Kyle Pfannenstiel has excellent reporting in yesterday’s issue of the Idaho Capital Sun Idaho Legislature approves ivermectin deregulation, sending bill to governor • Idaho Capital Sun about the Idaho Legislature approving a measure to overrule federal law that requires ivermectin to be dispensed to humans pursuant to a prescription, which these Legislators believe will allowContinue reading “Idaho Legislature Votes to Make Ivermectin an Over-the-counter Medication”
Measles
What is measles? Measles is a highly contagious virus that causes infection (also called measles). Because it is so contagious, most people who have not yet been infected or vaccinated who are exposed to someone infected with the virus will develop measles. How is measles transmitted? Measles is spread by direct contact with respiratory dropletsContinue reading “Measles”
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