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Arm Yourself Against Genital Warts and Cancer!
Vaccines are pretty nifty: Injecting a few tiny particles stimulates your immune system to build antibodies, which can bind to and help destroy harmful pathogens. A well-oiled immune system can...
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STD Awareness: The Latest on Gonorrhea
Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that gangs up on your body to give it gonorrhea. Image: CDC Gonorrhea is that guy with the funny name who’s always up to something new and mischievous. Last year,...
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Gardasil and Mortality
Vaccination is one of public health’s greatest achievements, but today’s sociopolitical climate promotes unfounded fears. In turn, this fear-mongering has led to outbreaks of otherwise rare infectious...
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Is Pap Testing Better Than HPV Vaccination?
Good news: The decision to be vaccinated for HPV or receive regular Pap testing isn’t either/or. Image: Andy Newson It’s January, which means that it’s Cervical Health Awareness Month! If you have a...
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National Infant Immunization Week: A Timely Reminder to Protect Your Child
Vaccinations, or immunizations, are important for the health of your baby. National Infant Immunization Week, in its 20th year, continues to educate and inform parents of this important information. In...
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STD Awareness: Gardasil and Males
It’s Men’s Health Month, and yesterday was the last day of Men’s Health Week, which means we’re going to look at a men’s health issue that is usually ignored: the impact of human papillomavirus (HPV)...
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It’s August: A Time to Be Aware of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
There are many simple things we can do to protect our children. Image: Kona Gallagher August is National Immunization Awareness Month. The importance of vaccination is becoming a bigger issue every...
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The Best of 2014: Our Bloggers Pick Their Favorite Posts
The year 2014 was a big one here at the blog — we published 146 new pieces, many of which educated our readers about our endorsed candidates during the midterm elections. In addition to energizing...
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Over 90 Percent of What Planned Parenthood Does, Part 23: Preconception...
Welcome to the latest installment of “Over 90 Percent of What Planned Parenthood Does,” a series on Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona’s blog that highlights Planned Parenthood’s diverse array of...
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Men’s Health Is No Joke
The week leading up to Father’s Day is Men’s Health Week. One of the biggest issues when it comes to men’s health is that it just isn’t taken seriously. I realized this while I was spending time with...
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Teen Talk: Gardasil, a Shot of Prevention
One of my least-favorite medical memories must have happened when I was 5 years old, give or take. All I remember is that I was very small, surrounded on all sides by my mom, my pediatrician, and a...
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STD Awareness: Which STDs Are Vaccine Preventable?
Wouldn’t it be great if we could wipe sexually transmitted diseases off the face of the earth? If vaccinologists have a big “to-do” list out there, probably every single infectious disease is on it,...
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Hepatitis B Vaccine: The Importance of the Birth Dose
Did you know that Saturday kicked off National Infant Immunization Week, which is part of a worldwide observance that shines the spotlight on the importance of vaccination? Most of us think of infant...
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STD Awareness: Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
For the past decade, human papillomavirus, better known as HPV, has been a pretty consistent headline grabber. Formerly a little-discussed virus, HPV was catapulted into the public consciousness in...
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STD Awareness: Human Papillomavirus Grabs Headlines
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is the most common STD out there — a fact made even more aggravating by the absence of a good test for it. Sure, Pap testing can detect cellular abnormalities triggered by...
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Why Do Newborns Need the Hepatitis B Vaccine?
The first vaccine a baby receives — within hours or days of birth — protects them from hepatitis B virus (HBV). In a lot of people’s minds, HBV is associated with drug use and sexual activity — which...
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STD Awareness: Is There a Vaccine for Syphilis?
Before antibiotics, syphilis was the most feared sexually transmitted disease (STD) out there. It was easy to get, quack cures were ineffective and often unpleasant, and it could lead to blindness,...
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Some Good News About Three Sexually Transmitted Viruses
Scientists are hard at work finding ways to improve your health! With so much bad news emblazoned across headlines in every newspaper you look at, the world might seem like a gloomy place. So let’s...
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STD Awareness: Is HPV Now a “Men’s Disease”?
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is most notorious for causing cervical cancer — making it, in many people’s minds, a “women’s disease.” But this gender-blind sexually transmitted virus can cause cancer...
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STD Awareness: Fighting Cervical Cancer Across the World
Tomorrow kicks off World Immunization Week, a reminder that, just as disease can cross borders, so should our efforts to prevent it. Especially when we have an effective vaccine for one of the world’s...
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