Over the past 40 years, millions of lives have been changed because of advances in medical technology. From stem-cell research to reengineering the way we take our daily medications, these developments have brought health care into the 21st century. However, there has been a vast disconnect between these improvements and...

We may have taught our children well but we need to follow our own advice.

Adults will often take their children to get immunized, knowing that vaccines can protect them from debilitating and potentially deadly diseases, but many of those same adults fail to get vaccinated and properly protect themselves....

The recent vote by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to extend routine HPV vaccination to boys and young men is a victory for our children. Adolescents immunized today will be protected from a range of cancers that would otherwise start appearing in their 30s, 40s,...

Decades in public health have taught me just how hard it is to communicate sound scientific information to the public through the media. I believe that our work got a lot harder as politicians took to the airwaves to politicize the HPV vaccine. I can't help but wonder how many...

Here's a motto we don't hear so much anymore: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." But I live by it. These words have guided my professional career. Why would anyone want to get an illness that can be prevented?

The American public doesn't care enough...

Certain stories make the headlines every year, like updates on influenza outbreaks during the winter months and public health officials urging the nation to get the vaccine. No one needs to be reminded to put on an extra sweater or a warm coat to ward off winter's chill. So why...