Worries that vaccines will affect fertility are a common trope in anti-vaccine rhetoric and are frequently employed to scare people out of getting vaccinated. They describe in lurid detail how an…
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We’ve received many questions about the various COVID-19 vaccines. Your undecided patients are asking questions and you were not sure what to say. Here is an article to help. We’ll cover…
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Recently there has been a lot of attention on two of the newest immunizations developed to aid in the fight against COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus (also known as…
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HPV vaccine is a well-studied method of HPV infection prevention, and by extension, prevention of cancers related to HPV infections.…
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Two new studies compared children with measles to vaccinated children to see how measles infection affects the immune system. Here is what researchers found. …
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A common concern about vaccines that I’ve been hearing recently is a fear about “viral shedding” after receiving immunizations. I’ve even seen claims that this is the driving force behind various…
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“Why does my kid need a second dose of this vaccine? Can’t we just check his titers? What are titers anyway?” When we talk about titers, we are almost always talking…
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This year the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians hosted their annual conference in San Diego on July 12-14, 2018. I am happy to report that there were 4 speakers providing a…
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This article is based on the immunizations webinar, “Transplacental Partnerships: Immunity Building During Pregnancy and Beyond,” presented on May 22, 2018, by Dr Elias Kass, which is available for viewing via…
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In the last few years we have seen two major milestones towards polio eradication. In 2015, one of the three types of poliovirus was declared eradicated. In 2016, the oral polio…