Childhood

There are still massive inequalities in child survival and health access ... in some countries only 16% of children are reached with vaccines - Jasmine Whitbread

Childhood
Childhood

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Not Vaccinating Children Is the Greater Risk

After more than 50 years as a medical and science writer, I’m pained to see that childhood immunizations, perhaps the most important health and lifesaving advance of the last century, are being seriously eroded by misinformation and scaremongering.

The result has been a resurgence in outbreaks of preventable diseases that, in earlier generations, robbed children like me of many weeks of school, left long-lasting physical and emotional scars and, in some cases, ended their lives.

Parents who probably never saw a single case of any of these diseases have chosen to “opt out” of protecting their offspring with vaccines strongly recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics…

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 Not Vaccinating Children Is the Greater Risk

After more than 50 years as a medical and science writer, I’m pained to see that childhood immunizations, perhaps the most important health and lifesaving advance of the last century, are being seriously eroded by misinformation and scaremongering.

National Vaccine Program

This site provides pertinent information about childhood, adolescent, and adult immunizations. You will find publications and reports on vaccine preventable diseases, vaccine safety, vaccine coverage, immunization laws, and immunization registries.

Shot of Prevention

Shot of Prevention is a community blog where individuals, parents, medical professionals and others can gather to discuss current events regarding immunizations. Over the years we have heard many stories from parents, doctors and advocates about how confusing and frustrating it can be to find good information about vaccines and vaccine safety on the Internet.

Vaccinate Your Family

Vaccinate Your Family: The Next Generation of Every Child By Two is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1991 by Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and Former First Lady of Arkansas Betty Bumpers. Our mission is to protect people of all ages from vaccine-preventable diseases...

Voices for Vaccines

Voices for Vaccines is a parent-led organization that supports and advocates for on-time vaccination and the reduction of vaccine-preventable disease. Although the majority of parents choose to immunize their children against disease, most of us do not speak out about our decisions because it seems to us common sense.

Our Alexander

We have created this website to tell our son's story and to share with other parents the information we have found about pediatric brain tumors and about childhood vaccinations.

Think Twice

The Global Vaccine Institute...Uncensored information on how vaccines affect our children.

Vaccines.gov

Vaccines.gov is the federal gateway to information on vaccines and immunization for infants, children, teenagers, adults, and seniors. Vaccines.gov provides resources from federal agencies for the general public and their communities about vaccines across the lifespan.

American Academy of Pediatrics

The information on this site is intended to help pediatricians deliver on-time immunizations to their patients using the most current scientific research.

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