FACTSinnated

Meningitis survivor, vaccine advocate, and painter Samantha Bennett, joins us on FACTSinnated to discuss the importance of the meningitis vaccine. On this episode hosted by intern Natalie Mar Cordero, Samantha shares her lifelong experience with meningitis, how she became a vaccine advocate, and how it has influenced her art.

On this episode of FACTSinnated, we welcome Dr. John Santelli to discuss the importance of teen health outcomes, specifically in the context of clinical preventive services and routinely recommended vaccines, and how parents and healthcare providers can support and advocate for the access to these services. Follow Unity Consortium on LinkedIn , Instagram , Facebook , TikTok , Youtube , and Twitter...

Internationally recognized vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit shares ways to help teens find the accurate information and how they can use their voice to be their own best advocate. Many teens don’t know how to find accurate, research-based information on vaccines, making it challenging for them to talk about and access care. Tune in as he discusses the importance of empowering young adult voices in de...

Meet Dr. Todd Wolynn, a pediatrician, immunization expert, and "media maker". In this episode, Dr. Wolynn tells us his experience with social media attacks and how he decided to fight back. He gives advice on how healthcare providers can build their digital presence, how social media users can distinguish credible information, and ends with more information about the COVID-19 bivalent boosters. &n...

The United States Assistant Secretary of Health, Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, joins us on FACTSinnated to discuss the importance of the HPV vaccine for all adolescents and young adults. Admiral Levine tackles common HPV vaccine misconceptions and reminds us of what this vaccine is really about: to prevent cancer in all individuals.

Meet Dr. Drew Weissman, MD from Penn Medicine. He and Katalin Karikó PhD developed mRNA and having been discovering new ways of using this technology to treat disease. Listen in as Dr. Weissman debunks some common myths and tells us more about mRNA - past, present, and future.  Follow Dr. Weissman on Twitter @WeissmanLab See all that Unity Consortium has to offer at www.unity4teenvax.org.  Follow...

Unity intern Alex Garcia speaks with Heidi Larson, Ph. D about her experience working on vaccine confidence.  Find more information on Heidi Larson's work with The Vaccine Confidence Project here: https://www.vaccineconfidence.org/  To pre-order the paperback version of her book, Stuck: How Vaccines Start -- and Why They Don't Go Away , click here: https://www.amazon.com/Stuck-Vaccine-Rumo...

Expert Dr. Tamera Coyne-Beasley joins the discussion and shares her insights on effective methods to combat hesitancy and distrust. We discuss the events of the Tuskegee Syphilis study and the resulting impacts it has had on the Black community.

Kelly Danielpour started VaxTeen which is specifically aimed at advocating for teen’s rights when it comes to vaccine information. Kelly will talk about the importance of minor’s being immunized and what steps teen’s themselves can take to fight against vaccine misinformation.

Dr. L.J Tan comes on the podcast to discuss how vaccines were created and why they are safe and effective for all populations. The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc during 2020. However, there is hope as both Pfizer and Moderna begin to roll out their COVID-19 Vaccine.

Ethan Lindenberger will come on the podcast to talk about his own experience getting the Measles vaccine against his mother’s wishes. Measles was declared an eliminated disease in 2000. However, periodically there have been outbreaks within US school children as more and more parents are not vaccinating their kids, citing autism and brain damage concerns.

We will discuss with an expert in the field, Dr. Paul Offit, reasons for vaccinating against HPV, following the recommended timing and dosing, and debunking circulating myths. There are some parents who do not believe their child should get the HPV vaccine. Their reasons differ, but as an example some parents object to vaccinating their 11 YO (recommended timing for vaccination) because HPV is spr...