VEC Announcements

Pinterest, the innate immune system, logical fallacies, and Dr. Offit discusses the new hepatitis B vaccine

• Pinterest – Did you know that the Parents PACK program is on Pinterest? If you have personal boards, an account for your practice, or if you talk to parents and families active on Pinterest, please share information about our presence. We have added a series of pins over the last several weeks to make more of our materials available via this channel.
• The Vaccine Makers Project (VMP) recently released two new articles in the Animation Expedition series:
  • “Targeted Defense: The Adaptive Immune System” features the animation from the VMP project that describes how this part of the immune system specifically targets pathogens that evade our natural barriers (like skin and mucous membranes) as well as our innate (non-specific) immune system.
  • "How Hepatitis B Tries to Evade Our Immune System” features the animation that describes how hepatitis B virus evades the immune system through production of excess surface proteins.
  • To see all articles in the Animation Expedition series, visit the Vaccine Makers Project News & Events page.
• A new sheet in the Special Topics series is now available online. The new sheet describes different types of logical fallacies and discusses how they are used to argue against vaccination. Read more about logical fallacies and what is contained in the new sheet.
• A short video was recently posted in which Dr. Offit discusses the newly licensed hepatitis B vaccine for adults, called Heplisav-B^®. Access the video and additional information from the VEC home page.