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Vaccines and Women’s History Month

Vincent Iannelli, MD / March 1, 2020 / Ana Wessels Williams, Anne Szarewski, Betty Bumpers, Brigitte Alice Askonas, Dorothy Horstmann, Grace Eldering, History of Vaccines, Ida Bengtson, Isabel Morgan, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Loney Clinton Gordon, Maragret Burgess, Margaret Pittman, Marguerite Vogt, Pearl Kendrick, Ruth Bishop, Ruth Kirshstein, Sarah Nelmes, Sister Elizabeth Kenny, women, women's history month

Women’s History Month is a great time to learn about these women who were involved in vaccines, vaccine research, and advocating for vaccines?

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Vaccines and Mother’s Day

Vincent Iannelli, MD / May 12, 2019 / Betty Bumpers, celebrities, History of Vaccines, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Mother's Day, Polio Mother of the Year, Rosalynn Carter, smallpox, variolation

This content explores the connections between Mother’s Day and vaccines, highlighting figures like Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Betty Bumpers. Bumpers, known for her advocacy and leadership in immunization efforts, is suggested as a “mother of vaccines.” The piece emphasizes the ongoing importance of vaccination in children’s health.

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The History of Vaccine Exemptions

Vincent Iannelli, MD / March 10, 2019 / Andrew Wakefield, Arlene Wohlgemuth, Betty Bumpers, exemptions, forced vaccination, History of Vaccines, mandates, mandatory vaccinations, new vaccine laws, personal belief exemptions, vaccine exemptions, vaccine laws, Wakefield factor

The history of vaccine exemptions in the United States traces back to the late 1990s, when 15 states introduced personal belief vaccine exemptions, influenced by Andrew Wakefield’s discredited paper. This led to rising rates of vaccine-preventable diseases. The impact of such exemptions and efforts to address them have been subjects of extensive research and legislative advocacy.

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Vaccines – Year in Review 2018

Vincent Iannelli, MD / December 31, 2018 / 2018, autism studies, benefits, Betty Bumpers, Bob Sears, booster doses, cervical cancer, Dengvaxia, epilepsy, FluMist, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, Heplisav-B, immunization schedule, intussusception, mumps outbreaks, pertussis, Samoa, Shingrix, too many too soon, travel vaccines, vaccine hesitancy, vaccine news, Vaxelis, year in review

Another year has passed and although anti-vaccine folks keep talking about those 300 vaccines in pipeline, there were few new developments in the vaccine world in 2018. Well, maybe that’s not entirely true. Vaccines – Year in Review 2018 So what can we say about 2018 when it comes to vaccines? Well, we did get

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