The short answer? The diseases are not gone. The long answer? It’s true that diseases we vaccinate against are becoming very rare in developed parts of the world, however, we owe that to a number of factors. We wash our hands, clean our food and the things we encounter, take precautions with the sick because we are […]
Pretend you are a scientist researching a new drug for liver disease. You have decided you would like to test your drug out on a very specific type of liver cell. So you take some cells you harvested from liver tissue and you grow them in colonies (which are very hard to keep alive), feed […]
Update! My son is now going on six and he’s JUST FINE! 🙂 My son got his first Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine (MMR) a little over two weeks ago. This vaccine has gotten a lot of negative press lately, but it really IS a great vaccine. One reason why it’s so great is because it contains […]
Herd immunity. You may have heard this term before, but if you haven’t, herd immunity occurs when most of a community’s citizens are vaccinated against a disease. Those that are vaccinated act as a shield to block disease from spreading to those who are unable to get the vaccine. The unvaccinated in such instances are those who […]
