“Vaccine Conversations” is a series of videos that feature Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center, and pediatricians from other institutions who are influential on social media. In each video, the doctors discuss common topics and questions related to vaccines.

This series includes videos in which Dr. Offit responds to common vaccine questions being asked by parents and family members, including questions about spacing out vaccines, the use of fetal cells to make vaccines, adding aluminum to vaccines, HPV vaccine safety and more.

The "Doctors Talk" series features CHOP doctors discussing important aspects of vaccine-preventable diseases that many parents — and even some young physicians — have not seen because of the success of vaccines. Topics include pertussis (whooping cough), measles, meningitis and HPV.

See the videos and animations created as part of our Vaccine Makers Project. These include popular animations, such as “A Virus Attacks a Cell” and “How COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Work,” as well as short films and clips featuring vaccine scientists, disease survivors, and aspects of scientific research.

In these short videos, Dr. Offit discusses scientific concepts related to infectious diseases and the immune system, such as viral transmission, the so-called “immunity debt,” blood clots and vaccination, how to evaluate research studies, the blood-brain barrier and more.

This series includes more than a dozen videos that address the safety and science of vaccines, including natural infection vs. vaccination, vaccine ingredients, delaying or spacing out vaccines, vaccine testing, vaccines and diseases, types of vaccines and more.

These short videos answer common questions about vaccines for different age groups, including who should get the hepatitis B vaccine; info about MMR, influenza and Tdap vaccines; adolescent and teen vaccines; vaccines during pregnancy; combination vaccines; school requirements and more.

These short videos address timely topics related to vaccines. Check the dates listed with each video to see when they were released.

These short videos feature Dr. Stanley Plotkin answering common questions about vaccine science and development, like “What is an adjuvant and why are they used in vaccines?” and “How can we still use a fetal cell line from the 1960s to make vaccines today?”

This one-hour documentary tells the inspiring story of Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman, a man with a singular, unwavering focus: to eliminate the diseases of children. Through exclusive interviews, rare archival footage, and 3D animation, this film reveals the bold and complex character of a man whose scientific accomplishments save an estimated 8 million lives every year. 

This 27-minute video, produced in 2001, answers common questions about vaccine safety, including whether they are necessary and whether they cause chronic illnesses.

This 28-minute video, produced in 2002, explains vaccine basics and describes vaccines commonly recommended in the first year of life and the diseases they prevent, like chickenpox, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella and polio, among others.

These short videos answer common questions about human papillomavirus (HPV) and the HPV vaccine, such as "What are the health issues related to HPV and how long does HPV infection last?" and "If my partner has genital warts, but my Pap test is normal, am I infected with HPV?”.

In these short videos, Dr. Paul Offit answers dozens of questions about COVID-19, like how mRNA vaccines work, what ingredients are in COVID-19 vaccines, who should get COVID-19 boosters, what we know about side effects like myocarditis and blood clots, how we know infertility is not an issue, and more.

These short videos feature Dr. Hank Bernstein answering common questions about COVID-19 vaccines, including "What stops the body from continuing to produce the COVID-19 spike protein after getting an mRNA vaccine?” and “Does my child really need to be vaccinated to prevent COVID-19?”.