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Friday Flu Shot: Educating Air Travelers About Flu

Suddenly it’s November and the holidays will soon be upon us.  People will be traveling across the country, and sometimes even across the globe, to spend the time with loved ones.  Recent reports...

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Friday Flu Shot: For Emily

Yesterday I had the privilege of being introduced to Emily Lastinger.  Her mother, Jen sounded much like any proud mother.  She spoke of how Emily liked princesses and power rangers.  She explained...

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Friday Flu Shot: This Week’s Voices for Vaccines

As I mentioned in Monday’s post, I recently hosted a special conference call that was intended to provide other bloggers with information on seasonal influenza and the universal recommendation of flu...

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It’s Not to Early to Be Thinking About the Flu

Last year I ran a weekly series that I called the Friday Flu Shot.  Each week I focused on various flu-related topics such as the importance of flu shots for pregnant women, recent changes in influenza...

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Friday Flu Shot: Myth Busted by MOMmunization

All I can say is thank you Alana! Her recent blog post, entitled Myth Buster on the MOMmunizations blog, emphasizes the fact that the flu shot can not give you the flu.  Not only does she explain why...

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Sharing New Facts in Hopes of Eliminating Flu

When a Facebook friend of mine suggested that he was suffering from a mild case of the flu as a result of his recent flu shot, I wasn’t all that surprised.  Lots of people mistakenly believe that the...

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Fear and Funnies During our Family Flu Shots

I did it.  I finally did it.  I got all my kids their flu shots last week, despite the many obstacles we encountered along the way.  While it involved some anticipated anxiety, in the end, enduring...

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Join In #GivingTuesday

During the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, parents eagerly snatch up sales on the latest kids’ craze and scour stores shelves for those treasured gifts and best bargains. While we try to...

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Getting Kids Their Flu Vaccine Just May Save Their Life

Each year, about this time, I think about a friend who died from influenza.  It couldn’t have been more of a shock.  He was completely fit.  Healthy.  A relatively young man in his early thirties....

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The “One Injection” Remedy for the Flu from ZDoggMD

I started National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) off with a little humor on Monday with Rick’s Rant.  And now look where it has led me. Today I’m concluding a week’s worth of flu-related posts with...

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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 – just hours before we were scheduled to take her...

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New ACIP Recommendations for Meningococcal, Influenza and HPV Vaccines

At the February meeting of The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Committee conducted three important votes which altered or created new recommendations for meningococcal vaccine,...

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Flu Doesn’t Discriminate So Be Sure To Vaccinate

Each year statistics remind us that anyone can suffer, die or be hospitalized as a result of the flu. That is why influenza vaccine is recommended each and every year for everyone six months of age and...

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147 Kids Died From Flu Last Year. My Scarlet Was One of Them.

Rebecca Hendricks, Every Child By Two‘s newest parent advocate, decided to share this guest post on Shot of Prevention after connecting with us on our Vaccinate Your Family Facebook page. I never...

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How Social Networks Can Influence Flu Vaccination Decisions

This blog post initially appeared as part of the NFID inaugural 2015 National Influenza Immunization Week (NIVW) Blog Relay.   As a communications specialist and mother of five, I’m extremely...

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I Lost My 20 Year Old Child to Flu. Don’t Think It Can’t Happen to You.

Losing your 20 year old healthy child to flu is something no parent ever expects to happen. by Franki Andersen Seven months ago, I lost my beautiful daughter, Brittany Danielle Andersen, at the age of...

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Did the Flu Take Down the Packers & the Steelers in the NFL Playoffs?

In the final weeks of NFL play, as the Green Bay Packers competed against the Atlanta Falcons and the Pittsburgh Steelers took on the New England Patriots, rumors circulated that several NFL players...

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3 Things I’ve Learned Since Losing My Son to Flu

By Serese Marotta, Chief Operating Officer, Families Fighting Flu   Today is a hard day for me – it’s been eight years since I lost my five-year-old son, Joseph, to the flu. I’m not the same person I...

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Young Hockey Player’s Death A Flu Warning

As the executive director of Every Child By Two, a national non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that all families are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases, it saddens me to learn...

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Young Hockey Player’s Death A Flu Warning

By Amy Pisani, Executive Director of Every Child By Two/Vaccinate Your Family Each of us has a tipping point; the moment when a news story becomes personal, more impactful and perhaps spurs action....

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