What do Healthcare Professionals Have to Say? * Laura, MPH – Crafts the Message to Vaccinate!*

Our doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers combat active disease, while people in public health work to prevent infection from happening. Along with disease prevention, they also promote education and wellness.  Laura has her master’s degree in public health and has been … Continued

Love, Loss, & Revival: Unless you’ve lived it, you don’t know what it’s like to lose a child.

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Every year on the anniversary of Kimberly’s death, her mother, Patti, bakes Italian rainbow cookies and places them on the tiny beach she’s created on Kimberly’s gravesite. What must it be like to sit beside your child’s tombstone? What must … Continued

SERIES: WHAT DO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HAVE TO SAY? *CAROLYN, THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE IN CANADA*

Vaccine schedules differ from country to country based on various reasons, but so do many aspects of health care. Carolyn, BSN, gave me the inside scoop on vaccine administration, hesitancy, and her experiences as a registered nurse in public health in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Series: What do health care professionals have to say? *Taylor Holroyd: the Ph.D. Candidate*

Social media has made it easy for people to voice their political views and issues with trust in the government. Federal agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) come up a lot with those questioning vaccines, so … Continued