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Do Flu Shots Weaken Your Immune System?

Just the Facts Vaccinate Your Family partner organization Voices for Vaccines publishes weekly explainers to help make sense of trending claims about vaccines. Vaccinate...


Respiratory Season Isn’t Over—What Does That Mean for Your Family’s Immunization Needs?

It is the time of year when everyone is ready for spring. Flowers are blooming, trees are turning green, and evenings are longer.   So that means respiratory virus season is over for now, right? Not...


El calendario de vacunas de Dinamarca protege a los bebés y niños contra menos enfermedades que el de Estados Unidos.

Esta publicación es parte de nuestra serie sobre los temas importantes que salieron de las reuniones recientes del Comité Asesor sobre Prácticas de Inmunización...


The Danish Vaccine Schedule Protects Babies and Children from Fewer Diseases Than in the United States

This post is part of our series covering hot topics from the recent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meetings and related announcements. For further reading,...


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...


Retrasar la vacuna de la hepatitis B afectaría todo el calendario de vacunas infantiles

Un cambio en la recomendación del ACIP sobre la vacuna de la hepatitis B podría dejar a los bebés vulnerables no solo a la...


Otro día, otra preocupación: Lo que usted debe saber sobre el aluminio en las vacunas

El aluminio se usa para ayudar a que nuestro sistema inmunológico responda a algunas vacunas. La cantidad de aluminio en las vacunas es muy...


Another Day, Another Concern: What You Need to Know About Aluminum in Vaccines

Aluminum is used to help our immune system respond to some vaccines. Exposure to aluminum in vaccines is minimal, and there is broad agreement...


Delaying the Hepatitis B Vaccine Would Disrupt the Entire Childhood Immunization Schedule

A change in the ACIP recommendation for hepatitis B vaccination could leave infants vulnerable to not just hepatitis B, but also polio, pertussis, diphtheria,...


VYF’s Public Comment on ACIP – September 2025

Vaccinate Your Family submitted the following public comment to the Federal Register ahead of the September meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices...