Offit on Vaccines

Paul A. Offit, MD, Director, Vaccine Education Center and Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Paul Offit is the co-inventor of the RotaTeq® vaccine, but he receives no financial remuneration for sales of the vaccine from either the manufacturer or his employing institution

FluMist: Flu Vaccine Option or 'Last Resort'? Dr Paul Offit discusses the 'new, improved' FluMist and clarifies competing recommendations for its use.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 2018
Why Are Vaccination Rates Lower Among Kids With ASD? Children with autism, and their younger siblings, have lower vaccination rates than other children, placing them at risk for vaccine-preventable disease.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, April 2018
Shingrix: Is the Hype Justified? Dr Paul Offit compares Shingrix with Zostavax® and lays out the recommendations for the new vaccine.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, February 2018
Lives Are Saved Even With a 'Less Effective' Vaccine Dr Paul Offit explains the various ways the flu virus can mutate away from the strains in the vaccine, as it has in the 2017-2018 season.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 2018
Stories of Science Gone Wrong: Paul Offit on His New Book Looking back at history, how many scientific inventions end up doing more harm than good? In a new book, Paul Offit, MD, tells readers seven stories about when scientists got things very wrong.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 2017
Fading Immunity May Be Behind Mumps Epidemic Dr Paul Offit discusses potential weaknesses in the MMR vaccine, and ongoing efforts to address them.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, March 2017

About The Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent. Through its Web sites, videos, informational tear sheets, e-newsletters, webinars, mobile app, and other programs, the Center seeks to explain the science of vaccines and dispel common misconceptions and misinformation surrounding them.