Are you up to date with your vaccines? What about your family, are they? Vaccination time can be confusing, not just for the patient. Here is a view from nurse, educator, mom Sharon Buchbinder on vaccinations and safety in the new IOM (Institute of Medicine) expert report. The IOM Report on The Childhood Immunization Schedule … Continue reading »
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Evolution of an Epidemic
What would you think if a third of the world’s population were infected with a bacterium? And if this was one that caused a deadly disease—one that was becoming resistant to all known drugs? Science fiction, maybe? In fact, a third of the world is infected with just such a thing. Two billion people are … Continue reading »