Parents PACK Newsletter
Parents PACK is a monthly e-newsletter for anyone who wants information about vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases. Each issue provides timely vaccine information, a feature article, vaccine questions and answers, information about immunizations around the world and a trivia question.
Current issue of Parents PACK
Check out the July 2026 issue:
Feature Article
Consequences of Unfounded Vaccine Safety Concerns: Of Water Heaters and Vaccines (Part 3)
Feature Video
250 years ago: Our path to a new country was threatened by infectious diseases
Watch "Pennsylvania: At the forefront in the prevention of infectious diseases" to find out more.
News & Notes
- Ebola: The Journey to a Vaccine (video)
- Another way of looking at the benefits of vaccination
"Just the Vax" Trivia Corner
Which famous inventor wished he supported smallpox variolation after his son later died of the disease?
Past issues of Parents PACK newsletter
Read 2026 issues online
- July | PDF
Consequences of Unfounded Vaccine Safety Concerns:
Of Water Heaters and Vaccines (Part 3) - June | PDF
Consequences of Unfounded Vaccine Safety Concerns:
The Snowball Effect (Part 2) - May | PDF
Consequences of Unfounded Vaccine Safety Concerns:
Where Do the Real Risks Lie? (Part 1) - April | PDF
People, Animals and the Diseases They Share - March | PDF
Dishing on the Number of Vaccine Doses - February | PDF
DYK Trivia? “Love Your Immune System” Edition - January | PDF
Should I Worry about Possible U.S. Loss of Measles Elimination Status?
Read 2025 issues online
- November | PDF
Of clinical trials, package inserts and safe vaccines: Addressing some things you may have heard - October | PDF
A vaccine dictionary - July | PDF
9,000 Reasons for routine childhood hepatitis B vaccination - June | PDF
What we know and how we feel: Can you recognize the difference? Try it! - April | PDF
Have you wondered? Vaccine schedule edition - March | PDF
4 vaccine considerations for those with chronic medical conditions, including disabilities - February | PDF
Making vaccine decisions during pregnancy: What to know - January | PDF
Getting accurate information in an age of misinformation
For other 2025 issues of Parents PACK, please check our archive.
Read 2024 issues online
- November | PDF
Going to the source: Finding out more about a message that includes science - October | PDF
What’s in vaccines and why? - June | PDF
Do vaccines cause chronic diseases? - April | PDF
Are mRNA vaccines a type of gene therapy?
For other 2024 issues of Parents PACK, please check our archive.
Read 2023 issues online
For other 2023 issues of Parents PACK, please check our archive.
Read 2022 issues online
- May | PDF
No. This study does not prove what you think it does: Part III - April | PDF
No. This study does not prove what you think it does: Part II - March | PDF
No. This study does not prove what you think it does: Part I
For other 2022 issues of Parents PACK, please check our archive.
Read 2021 issues online
For other 2021 issues of Parents PACK, please check our archive.