Presentations and Interviews

Paul A. Offit, MD

2019

• 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

2018

• 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

2017

• 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

2016

• 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

2015

• 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 Me in Measles - Big Picture Science Radio Show
• 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

2014

• 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
• Preventable Diseases on the Rise - The Colbert Report
• 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

2013

• 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
• Doctor: Absolutely Avoid Megavitamins – CNN, Sanjay Gupta MD
• 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

2012

• 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

2011

• 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
• Importance of Vaccines - The Colbert Report
• 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

2010

• 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

2009

• 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

2007

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

2005

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

Kristen A. Feemster, MD

2017

• Adolescent and Teen Vaccinations – Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM Your Health Matters Podcast

2016

• Sometimes Less is More: CDC Says Preteens Only Need Two HPV Vaccine Doses – PolicyLab Blog

2015

• Keeping the Faith in Vaccines – County Lines Magazine
• Religious Freedom Balanced With Responsibility – The New York Times

2014

• Eliminate Vaccine Exemptions – The New York Times

2013

• Whooping Cough… It’s More Than a Cough – Second Opinion
• Influenza in Kids: Should You Test? - Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Are ‘alternative’ vaccines schedules safer? - Philadelphia Inquirer Blogs

Anne Reilly, MD, MPH

2013

• Immunizing Kids Who Have Cancer – Medscape Infectious Diseases
• Flu in Kids With Cancer – Medscape Infectious Diseases