Azylee was a perfectly healthy little girl who lost her life to influenza. It's not a mundane disease.
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The 1918 flu pandemic killed millions. When the coffins ran out, people turned to doors. My grandmother had carried the memory of one of those doors since her childhood. But I never knew—until she heard me cough. www.voicesforvaccines.org/my-grandmoth...
What Happened to Grandma After 1918
When the coffins ran out, they used doors. Grandma carried the memory of one forever.
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Magdalen was in an Ebola vaccine trial. She firmly believes in the power of science to prevent disease! Thanks to her and all others who join these trials to protect the rest of us.
"In the United States, there are now efforts to weaken vaccination recommendations. I just can’t believe it." How Trieu got Hep B and why he's a major advocate for prevention. www.voicesforvaccines.org/im-a-doctor-...
I’m a Doctor. Hepatitis B Almost Killed Me Anyway.
If we make people feel the vaccine is not important, we will go back to a public health crisis.
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Flu vaccines work! Though shall not trivialize them.
CIDRAP@cidrap.bsky.social · 4w agoEstimated US flu vaccine efficacy against death in kids 80% over 8 seasons. The researchers emphasized that just over half of pediatric flu deaths occurred in children with no underlying conditions. Read more: ow.ly/Ttqi50ZkPIO
VFV has a new series of graphics utilizing handwritten notes. Like all of our graphics, they're free to use and customize, and are available on our site: www.voicesforvaccines.org/social-media...
Disney's 'Dog with a Blog' ended in 2015. Voices for Vaccines' dog with a blog starts TODAY! www.voicesforvaccines.org/heres-what-i...
Here’s What I Know About Vaccines. Trust Me. I’m a Goldendoodle.
My name’s Harvey! Here’s the story of how one of my friends wasn’t vaccinated and got kennel cough.
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The Measles Collaborative How did we get here
Lena Sun@lenasun.bsky.social · last mo.In a sign of how seriously physicians view the threat, 15 medical groups —the Measles Collaborative— launched an unusual effort to help prepare docs/hospitals for a disease many practicing physicians have rarely — or never — encountered but may now need to manage as part of everyday practice. 3/3
Submitted by Alana's dad, Zach. Get your flu shot when it's time.
"After the mandate was lifted, flu vaccination rates dropped to 40%"
Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com · last mo.I don't know if this is a scoop, but I haven't seen it reported elsewhere: flu vaccines expire TOMORROW, with a growing flu outbreak at an Air Force training facility in Texas www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Real men eat cactus, and get themselves tested for hepatitis B.
"Tetanus cases are on the rise, a recent JAMA viewpoint noted: Thirty-eight U.S. cases were reported in 2025, the most in a single year since 2006." www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
Here’s why you should be more worried about tetanus
The disease can cause muscle spasms strong enough to fracture bones. It’s fully preventable, but vaccination rates are slipping.
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"I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia when I was only one year old. My cancer treatment left me immunosuppressed for basically my entire life... One of the most common causes of organ rejection is infection: viral, bacterial, or fungal." www.voicesforvaccines.org/im-beating-t...
I’m beating the odds after cancer. Vaccines help me do it.
I’ve overcome so much medically. But I can’t beat measles and other diseases on my own.
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I don't know news media cycle, I kinda like this Fauci guy.
"Five years ago, if you’d told me I’d have to worry about getting measles every time I left my house, I wouldn’t have believed you. I took it for granted that I could rely on herd immunity without a second thought." www.voicesforvaccines.org/i-cant-be-va...
I Can’t Be Vaccinated. That’s Why I Need You to Be.
Every time I get sick, my immune system treats it as something it’s never seen before—a complete unknown.
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There is no evidence COVID started because of a lab leak.
If you want to test the dead internet theory, just make a post from a sizeable pro-vaccine Facebook page 😃 Genuine robot invasion.
Story submission by Kelly. "I later developed asthma, and have had issues with lung function since. Please choose prevention and vaccinate your children...to make sure our kids get to be healthy kids." www.voicesforvaccines.org/i-was-four-w...
Measles Collapsed My Lung. I Was 4.
Measles vaccine became widely available two years later, when I was in first grade.
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Vaccines keep making progress despite their critics.
Liz Szabo@lizszabo.bsky.social · 2mo agoAfter introducing nirsevimab during the 2024-25 respiratory virus season in Germany, RSV activity in infants under 1 year dropped by 50% in primary care and 50% to 70% in secondary care onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"That’s according to a new study that pulled data from more than 1 million patients in a US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health system." from @bethmariem.bsky.social arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
Heart protection from COVID shots remains amid updates, study finds
Despite continued benefits, anti-vaccine rhetoric has driven down vaccination.
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The year before the introduction of the hib vaccine (1994) in Aotearoa we had an incidence of 36.4 cases per 100,000 population, by 1999 it had fallen to 1.7 cases per 100,000 population. Vaccines work e te whānau. It's a beautiful thing.
Voices for Vaccines@voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Hib vaccine basically eliminated Hib. Before then, it was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in young kids, and led to tragedies like this one. Remarkable public health win. www.voicesforvaccines.org/a-hib-vaccin...
The Hib vaccine basically eliminated Hib. Before then, it was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in young kids, and led to tragedies like this one. Remarkable public health win. www.voicesforvaccines.org/a-hib-vaccin...
A Hib Vaccine Would’ve Saved My Brother
I sat on the floor next to Bobby. As I sat there watching him, I felt terrified.
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"Doctors are the most trusted source of information on these topics – and OB-GYNs occupy a special place." AAP, AAFP, and now ACOG are good resources for timely vaccine schedules.
Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com · 2mo agoMedical societies endorse ACOG’s vaccine schedule, saying maternal vaccines are ‘key element’ of protection. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...