Personal Stories

Lives Are At Stake: Join Advocates in Demanding Oversight

Please join us in calling on Congress to provide oversight and protect families from the consequences of weakened immunization policy. Use this form to send...


There Was No Vaccine To Save Her Son From HMPV, But One Day, There Could Be

In 2016, Denise lost her healthy, 15-month-old son, Asher, to human metapneumovirus (HMPV). Similar to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), HMPV is a virus that...


Measles and Whooping Cough Are Surging in the U.S. – Here’s One Survivor’s Story

One mother knows the dangers of measles and whooping cough all too well. Sara’s son, Henry, got sick with measles as a child before...


Vax Motivators: A WWII Survivor Shares Her Story

Vaccinate Your Family’s Communications Intern, Allison Howells, interviewed her grandmother, Beth, who remembers life before most vaccines. Beth was born in Wales during World...


Whooping cough is on the rise – here’s one mom’s story

Whooping cough is currently surging across the U.S. According to the CDC, whooping cough cases in 2024 are five times greater than in 2023...


“Words Matter, but Actions Matter More” – A Parent Advocate Explains Why She’s A Clinical Trial Participant

Dr. Maurine Neiman is a professor of Biology and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa. She also serves the University...


Changing Minds Starts with a Story: VYF’s SQUAD™ Program

Deaths caused by vaccine-preventable diseases aren’t a thing of the past. It’s an uncomfortable truth, and one we’ve all been challenged to face in...


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...


Our Life Without Emily: Flu, Fear, Guilt and Regret

Our daughter Emily died suddenly and tragically from influenza when she was only 3½-years-old. She died in our bed, in her pajamas, watching cartoons...


Callie Cares Means We Will Never Forget

Callie was considered a miracle baby. It took Katie and Craig Van Tornhout five years and four miscarriages before they finally welcomed their precious daughter Callie into their lives. However,...