Presentations and Interviews

• Early COVID-19 Vaccine Data Positive, But 'Unimpressive' – Voice of America
• Flu shots aren’t causing false positive COVID-19 tests - Politifact
• Experts skeptical after researchers report positive vaccine results – Erie News Now
• Doubts greet $1.2 billion bet by United States on a coronavirus vaccine by October - Science
• Op-Ed: While the U.S. rushes to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, here’s what science tells us – Los Angeles Times
• Fact check: Coronavirus vaccine could come this year, Trump says. Experts say he needs a 'miracle' to be right. – NBC News
• Politics could dictate who gets a coronavirus vaccine - Politico
• The Race to Develop a COVID-19 Vaccine, Explained – Rolling Stone
• Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine shows encouraging early results – The Washington Post
• Coronavirus: Govts, drugmakers under pressure to roll out effective COVID vaccines – Times of India
• Dr. Paul Offit – Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on a potential COVID-19 vaccine – WPHT Talk Radio
• Trump sets goals of hundreds of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses by January, but scientists doubt it – The Washington Post
• Government can’t force you to get vaccinated for coronavirus but here’s why you should – Philadelphia Magazine
• To take on the coronavirus, US vaccine makers consider an unprecedented strategy: Working together - CNN
• Routine vaccinations for U.S. children have plummeted during the Covid-19 pandemic – Stat News
• Why a coronavirus vaccine takes so long, and some possible shortcuts - Bridge
• Regulators would consider releasing an unapproved coronavirus vaccine - Quartz
• What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before - CNN
• Experts predict chaos and crime during coronavirus vaccine rollout – Business Insider Australia
• China is promoting coronavirus treatments based on unproven traditional medicines - Nature
• How close are we to a COVID-19 vaccine? – Voice of America
• The COVID vaccine timeline: Is 12-18 months realistic? - Medscape
• CHOP’s Offit on reopening schools – WHPT Talk Radio Philadelphia
• Virology expert Paul Offit on the search for a COVID-19 vaccine – Forum, KQED
• CHOP doctor speaks on risks of companies quickly creating a COVID-19 vaccine – NBC Philadelphia
• Is it possible to have a safe coronavirus vaccine by New Year’s Eve? – ABC News
• How long will a vaccine really take? – The New York Times
• Inside the extraordinary race to invent a coronavirus vaccine – The Washington Post
• Why is Orange County’s coronavirus death rate lower than its neighbors? – Orange County Register
• How should you stock your medicine cabinet? – TODAY online
• We could learn ‘the hard way’ if US is ready to reopen, doctor warns – The Today Show
• New Models Find Crowding, Population Density May Affect Death Rate – The Lead with Jake Tapper, CNN
• Crowding and the Coronavirus: The Key to Reopening – The New York Times
• The Challenging Path to a COVID-19 Vaccine – Science Friday
• What’s next for America in the coronavirus pandemic? No quick return to our old lives, experts say – Chicago Tribune
• The next 12 months: Coronavirus may still be around and answers could be scarce – The Boston Globe
• Growing concern over heart risks of chloroquine & hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 – ReachMD
• What made New York so hospitable for coronaviruses? – New York Times
• Should you take ibuprofen or paracetamol for coronavirus symptoms? – Heavy.com
• Why A Coronavirus Vaccine May Be years Away – The National Interest
• COVID-19: Is our cure worse than the disease? With Dr. Paul Offit – Zdogg MD
• Is Ibuprofen Really Risky for Coronavirus Patients? New York Times
• Philly Vaccine Pioneer: We Can’t Rush a Coronavirus Vaccine | Q&A – The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Virology Expert: Coronavirus Mortality 'Keeps Coming Down' – CNN
• How Vaccine Hesitancy Is Contributing to Deadly Measles Resurgence – PBS NewsHour
• ‘No legitimate reason’ for not vaccinating – CNN (re-released)

• Feel the Heat: The Case for Letting Fevers Run Their Course – The Daily Beast
• Not Vaccinating Migrant Children is ‘Unconscionable’ - Medscape
• Primary Care Perspectives: Episode 55 — Fever in Children – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• ‘No legitimate reason’ for not vaccinating - CNN
• What will it take to eradicate mumps? - Medscape
• Down in the mumps: Why Temple students got the virus decades after development of a vaccine – WHYY - The Why podcast
• Washington measles outbreak: Why we should fear this vaccine-preventable disease – The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Measles: Will it take a death to get kids vaccinated? – Medscape

• Which flu vaccine should kids get? CDC, AAP disagree – The Philadelphia Inquirer
• 5 questions: Why celebrities and politicians aren’t the best source of health information – The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Vaccine Science Taken Hostage? Paul Offit Responds – Medscape
• Defending Vaccines, with Paul Offit – Politico’s Pulse Check
• Bad Advice – C-SPAN BookTV
• Battling Misinformation and ‘Bad Advice’ About Science and Your Health – National Public Radio
• Why Are Vaccination Rates Lower Among Kids with ASD? – Medscape
• Why are children with autism at higher risk for serious infections? – The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Shingrix: Is the Hype Justified? – Medscape
• The Philly vaccine pioneer who saved thousands from flu, and predicted the next pandemic – The Philadelphia Inquirer
• A Bad Flu Year: Lives Are Saved Even With a 'Less Effective' Vaccine – Medscape

• Ancient Bacterial DNA Could Thwart a Devastating Disease – The Daily Beast
• This New Vaccine Has a Secret Benefit – The Daily Beast
• The Case for Letting Fevers Run Their Course – The Daily Beast
• Why Can’t We Make a Better Flu Vaccine? – The Daily Beast
• The Pregnancy Vaccine Scare That Should Have Never Been – The Daily Beast
• Correcting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine ‘facts’ – Stat News
• What Makes Trumpcare So Dangerous for Kids – The Daily Beast
• Stories of Science Gone Wrong: Paul Offit Discusses His New Book – Medscape
• Did Anti-Vaxxers Spark a Measles Outbreak in an Immigrant Community? – The Daily Beast
• This Could Save Your Baby’s Life – The Daily Beast
• Fading Immunity to MMR Vaccine May Be Behind the Mumps Epidemic – Medscape
• The Kennedy Pushing His Own Fake News– The Daily Beast
• Should Children Who Have Received the Full Series of HPV4 Vaccine Also Get HPV9? – Medscape
• Are Kids Getting Too Many Vaccines – The Daily Beast

• Meningitis B Vaccine Recommendations – CHOP Primary Care Perspectives: Podcast for Pediatricians
• The HPV Vaccine and Autoimmunity: Reviewing the Research - Medscape
• The Rise and Fall of FluMist—Can the Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine Be Redeemed? - Medscape
• The Rise and Fall of FluMist—Can the Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine Be Redeemed? - Medscape
• Should We Bring Back the Whole-Cell Pertussis Vaccine? – Medscape
• Anti-Vaccine Doc 'Vaxxed': A Doctor's Film Review – Hollywood Reporter
• Should You Still Administer the HPV-4 Vaccine? - Medscape

• Supplements and Safety – Frontline/PBS
• A Child's Right to Be Vaccinated – Medscape
• New Adjuvanted Flu Vaccine: No Concerns About Narcolepsy – Medscape
• Republican Candidates and Their Surprising Comments About Vaccines – Medscape
• Give the MenB Vaccine Medscape
• Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane - WHYY Public Radio
• The Measles Tipping Point: Too Many Unvaccinated Children – Medscape
• HPV9 Vaccine: Enhanced Cancer Protection, Guidance for Use – Medscape
• Vaccines and autism in primate model – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Our children are at risk and here’s why – USA Today
• What Would Jesus Do About Measles? –The New York Times

• The Hygiene Hypothesis – Unrelated to Vaccination – Medscape
• The Resurgence of Childhood Diseases in Adults – Wall Street Journal
• Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccine: Who Should Get It? – Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Doctors Learn to Push Back, Gently, Against Anti-vaccination Movement – Los Angeles Times
• HPV Vaccine: It’s About Cancer Prevention – Not Sex – Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Spacing out Kids’ Vaccines Can Hurt Their Health, Experts Say – Time
• Measles Outbreaks in the US: Why Now? – Medscape Infectious Diseases
• An Outbreak of Liberal Idiocy – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Let’s Put a Stop to Parents Opting out of Vaccinations for Their Kids – The Pulse Commentary
• What Is the Invisible Threat? – Medscape Infectious Diseases
• To Vaccinate or Not: Calming Worried Parents - Medscape Close-Up with Art Caplan
• The Anti-Vaccination Epidemic -The Wall Street Journal
• Let’s Not Talk About Sex - The New York Times
• Remembering How to Fight Measles - The New York Times

• Cancer and the Power of Placebo - Medscape Oncology Viewpoints
• HPV Vaccine, Katie, Cancer Prevention: Missing the Science - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Hospital Says No More Dietary Supplements in Formulary – Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Do You Believe in Magic? Topol, Offit on Alternative Medicine – Medscape One-on-One
• Stop Swallowing Vitamins and the Claims About Their Effects, Doctors Urge – The Daily Circuit, Minnesota Public Radio
• A Conversation About Alternative Medicine – WHYY Radio Times
• Is Alternative Medicine Really ‘Medicine’? – WHYY Science Friday
• Mind Over Matter: Debunking Alternative Medicines – Review of Dr. Offit’s book, Do You Believe in Magic? - New York Times
• Should Refusing Medical Care for Children Be considered Neglect? – WHYY Radio Times
• Multiple Vaccines Safe, Not Linked to Autism – Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Measles: Make MMR Jab Mandatory' Call by US Expert – BBC News
• Pertactin and Vaccines: Important or Not? – Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Vaccines Schedules Are Safe (Pass It On) – Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Skip the Supplements – The New York Times
• Don’t Take Your Vitamins – The New York Times

• Thimerosal in Vaccines: What Are the Facts? - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Dismal Rates of HPV Vaccination in Boys - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Vaccine Exemptions? Call Them What They Really Are - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• What the U.S. Needs Now: Pertussis Boosters - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Which Complementary and Alternative Therapies Merit Study? - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Fire Patients Who Won't Vaccinate? - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• HPV Vaccine and Sexual Activity: Any Relationship? - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Junk Science Isn't a Victimless Crime - The Wall Street Journal

• Immunization: A Dose of Reality - Florida Bureau of Immunization
• Immunization in Teens: Good News, Bad News - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• "Contagion," the Movie: An Expert Medical Review - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Influenza Vaccine: Guidelines for Those With Egg Allergy - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Does Varicella Vaccine Eliminate Deaths From Varicella? - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Paul Offit on the Dangers of the Anti-vaccine Movement - Medscape One-on-One
• Vaccine Safety - Live Chat With Trine Tsouderos - Chicago Tribune
• Should the HPV Vaccine Be Recommended for Boys and Young Men? - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Interview with Paul Offit, MD, author of "Deadly Choices" and Seth Mnookin, author of "The Panic Virus" - No Bones About It
• Autism and the MMR Vaccine, Revisited - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Science in One Room, Homeopathy in the Next - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Two New Books Challenge Myths, Fears About Vaccines - USA Today

Interviews with Dr. Offit -The History of Vaccines

• Entering Vaccine Research
• Formative Experience with Rotavirus
• Developing Rotavirus Vaccine
• Testing the Rotavirus Vaccine
• How to Make a Vaccine
• Vaccine Safety Monitoring

• Meningococcal Vaccine Booster: New Recommendations - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• The Pertussis Outbreak in California and the Need for Vaccination - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Mandating Influenza Vaccine: One Hospital's Experience - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• New Research on the Timing of Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• A Social Responsibility to Get Vaccinated? - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Dealing With Parents Who Want to Delay, Withhold, or Space out Vaccinations - Medscape Infectious Diseases

• Doctor Punctures H1N1 Vaccine Fears -Talk of the Nation on National Public Radio. Dr. Offit addresses the fears surrounding H1N1 influenza and the vaccine that could prevent it
• Nothing to Fear but the Flu Itself - The New York Times

• Sick Propaganda - The Wall Street Journal
• The Omnibus Autism Hearing - The Boston Globe

• Pandemic Flu, the Cutter Incident and Vaccine Liability - Parents PACK Newsletter
• Death of an Autistic Child From Chelation Therapy - Parents PACK Newsletter