Improving Vaccination Rates with Behavioral Nudges

4/5/18 A new study finds that behavioral prompts help improve vaccination rates. Using educational campaigns or simply attempting to persuade people to get their vaccines is less effective than indirect behavioral nudges.  “When it comes to vaccines, I think we have...

Children with Autism Risk of Infection

4/3/18 Dr. Paul Offit follows-up with more information on why children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their younger siblings are at greater risk of infections from vaccine preventable diseases.  He recaps in his article the various studies that have proven over and...

HPV Vaccine, Physician Recommendations Needed

3/29/18 Dr. Anna Beavis a gynecologic oncologist fellow at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore lead a study that analyzed data from a 2015 national immunization survey of U.S. parents of teens ages 13 to 17.  The results showed fewer parents  intended to vaccinate...

Understanding Pneumococcal Vaccines

3/28/18 Dr. H Cody Meissner shares in an AAP News article interesting and helpful information regarding pneumococcal vaccines in children.  In the article Dr. Meissner discusses some brief history of the vaccine development, the differences in the vaccines and the...

Children with Autism & Siblings Undervaccinated

3/27/18 In an article published in JAMA yesterday it was reported that parents of children with ASD were less likely to fully vaccinate their ASD child as well as their siblings. This finding means that these children are at increase risk of vaccine preventable...

Third Dose of Mumps Vaccine

3/22/18 A substantial increase in Mumps cases in the U.S has prompted a new recommendation from the CDC’s ACIP.  This recommendation calls for a third dose of Mumps containing vaccine in persons at increased risk for Mumps during an outbreak.  Five studies provided...