Expert Insights and Commentary

VYF’s Public Comment to VRBPAC – May 2025

Public engagement and input are vital to the vaccine regulatory process in the United States. Each time the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory...


VYF’s Public Comment to ACIP – April 2025

Public engagement and input are vital to the vaccine regulatory process in the United States. Each time the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (the...


An Open Letter to American Parents & Families

Letter also available in Spanish, below. We write to you today from Vaccinate Your Family, not as an institution, but as a team made...


The Truth About Autism and Vaccines

Misinformation has a way of sticking around—even when science disproves it. More than two decades after the false claim linking vaccines and autism was...


Art Caplan: How a zealot’s word led us astray on autism

By Amy Pisani I encourage everyone to check out  the msnbc.com article by Dr. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the...


The Nurse’s Role in Immunization Services

To begin our introductions of the Every Child By Two Scientific Advisory Board, I had the pleasure of interviewing one of our distinguished members...


Are Doctors’ Vaccine Recommendations Motivated By Profits?

This guest post has been written by Dr. Lara  Zibners, in response to comments we’ve received on our Vaccinate Your Baby Facebook page. “How can...


Should I Take My Three-Week Old to the Family Reunion?

Today Dr. Lara Zibners addresses a concern that was raised on our Vaccinate Your Baby Facebook page (now the Vaccinate Your Family Facebook page), which addresses the difficult task...


Once a Childhood Rite of Passage, Chickenpox is Vaccine Preventable

Most adults recall their experiences with chickenpox with great detail.  I remember that I was visiting my grandparents in Florida and they had planned...


Responsible Nurses, and Then There’s This

Recently a friend and nurse, who I adore, shared a video with me.  Now I know my friend to be a very diligent nurse...