Vaxx Voice: Recent Episodes
The Immunization Partnership
Vaxx Voice is a podcast production of The Immunization Partnership, a 501(c)(3) organization in Texas, whose mission is to eradicate vaccine-preventable diseases by educating the community, advocating for evidence-based public policy, and supporting immunization best practices.We invite you to subscribe to this podcast and to our companion podcast, Vaxx to the Future, for more information about vaccines and how they prevent the preventable.
Terri Burke is The Immunization Partnership executive director. Some of you may know her from her time as executive director of the ACLU of Texas, a position she held for nearly 13 years.
Terri had a 32-year career in journalism prior to joining the ACLU of Texas. She held senior editor roles at The Hartford Courant, The Dallas Morning News, the Austin American-Statesman, and the Albuquerque Tribune. She also was editor-in-chief of the Abilene Reporter-News.
She is a fourth-generation Texan and a Houston native. She has served on the Greater Houston Partnership’s Quality of Place Committee; volunteered with the Sunshine Coalition that worked with state legislators to increase transparency in government; and is a member of the Philosophical Society of Texas.
Terri studied journalism and political science at The University of Texas at Austin and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Lamar University.
Ashley Beale, Program Coordinator for The Immunization Partnership, talks about her work with Texas Southern University and the Health Equity Council for Immunizations.
Pasha Morshedi is an aerospace engineer and part-time bar owner in the Houston, Texas, area. We visited with Pasha in early 2021 and talked about the impact of COVID on his business. And we thought we’d visit with him to find out what has changed for him and his business in the past year of the pandemic.
Ashtyn Hooper, The Immunization Partnership Chief Development Officer talks about the 13th annual Community Immunity Luncheon on April 6, 2022, TIP's first in-person luncheon in two years, and its first live-stream luncheon for those who can't attend.
In today’s TIP News in Review: TIP responds to change in mask guidelines; dueling data regarding COVID jabs for kids; and did a Canadian man get COVID from a deer?
The human papillomavirus, or HPV, is the topic of our conversation today with Dr. Erich Sturgis. Dr. Sturgis is a former board chair of The Immunization Partnership and a member of The Immunization Partnership Advisory Board. He is the Brown Foundation Endowed Chair and Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. He has devoted much of his academic career to HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer and working to inform and educate the public about the HPV vaccination.
Today’s TIP News in Review: A reminder that flu season is still with us; Fox News host Neil Cavuto tells audience his COVID vaccine saved his life; and we have a new vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis.
Elena Marks is the executive director of the Episcopal Health Foundation in Houston, Texas. In January 2022, Episcopal Health Foundation released its findings from its 2021 Texas Health Tracking Survey, specifically Adult Texans’ Experiences with the COVID-19 Pandemic. And Elena is with us today to talk about those findings.
Today’s TIP News in Review: Still no COVID jabs for kids under 5; more evidence pregnant moms with COVID vaccine protect babies for up to six months; and no masks need for visiting the Mouse.
Today’s TIP News in Review: Moderna COVID vaccine for 18 and older gets full OK; COVID may have ended Ye Olde Fighting Cocks; and yes, vaccinated folks have a greater chance of dying from falling down stairs than from COVID.
Today’s TIP News in Review: Moderna COVID vaccine gets full approval; 60s antiwar singers now anti-vaccine misinformation protesters; and TIP Scientific Advisory Council members Peter Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for their COVID vaccine.
Today’s TIP News in Review: Georgia moves closer to removing all school vaccine requirements; there’s a new Stealth bug out there; and some tips on how to talk with vaccine-hesitant parents.
Today’s TIP News in Review: At-home COVID tests are in the mail; rapid tests for kids are highly accurate; and the human papillomavirus vaccine may reduce the risk of several cancers besides cervical.
Today’s TIP News in Review: The Supremes say no to Biden vaccine-or-test mandate; hemp may help stop COVID; N95 masks up to 75X more effective than others; a fourth of Texans say they have a family member or close friend who died from COVID; and TIP Scientific Advisory Council members Peter Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi may have developed a COVID game-changing vaccine.
Today’s TIP News: CDC recommends COVID boosters for kids 12-15; Texas health officials ask folks not to go to hospital ERs for COVID tests; dogs sniff out COVID in schools; and the pandemic may mean a comeback for measles.
Today’s TIP News: COVID vaccinations do not increase risk of premature births or unusually small newborns; up-to-date is the new fully vaccinated; and humans have given the gift of COVID to wild deer and it seems to be spreading.
Today’s TIP News: FDA authorizes COVID boosters for kids 12 to 15; Houston’s Texas Children’s Hospital sees 4-fold increase in children hospitalized with COVID; Texas Lt. Gov gets COVID; flu cases rise as predicted; and a word about Abigail Adams.
Today’s TIP News: Texas governor asks feds to open more COVID testing sites and to send more monoclonal antibody treatments; Texas schools remain open as the number of teen COVID hospitalizations rises; and two big names end up in permanent Twitter timeout for spreading misleading COVID information.
Today’s TIP News: More confusion as CDC panel recommends Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines because of J&J side effects; new study finds Omicron variant markedly resistant to vaccines; vaccinations needed to attend anti-vaxxer Kennedy house party; and this year’s flu virus not matched to vaccine.
Today’s TIP News: Omicron cases could make up 100% of COVID cases at one Houston hospital by January; US could see a 73% increase in COVID deaths by January; COVID vaccine developed by TIP Scientific Advisory Council members Peter Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi could be ready for distribution in India; and good news / bad news about good news.
Today’s TIP News: COVID vaccines may have prevented more than 1 million deaths; Grammy-winner Billie Eilish says the vaccine saved her life; a family history of cervical cancer isn’t enough for moms to get kids HPV vaccination; and Drs. Julie and Marc Boom among Houston’s power couples.
Today’s TIP News: Texas ICU beds filling up again; COVID cases in kids on the rise; Omicron variant found in San Antonio; and Baylor College of Medicine says don’t expect another easy flu season.
Today’s TIP News: Two pandemic milestones this week—one year after first COVID vaccine shipments and US COVID deaths approaching 800,000; CDC director says no evidence vaccine harms kids; CO governor says it’s your fault if you end up in the hospital; and flu cases on the rise.
Today’s TIP News: FDA authorizes Pfizer booster for 16-17 year olds; 10% of Americans say COVID vaccines conflict with their religious beliefs; Michigan hospitals seeing younger unvaccinated COVID patients; save the date for our annual Community Immunity Luncheon.
Today’s TIP News: US COVID deaths could reach nearly 3 times the total number of US combat deaths in World War Two by Christmas; about 2/3 of parents holding off on COVID shots for their kids; and COVID cases for kids 18 and under spike 844 percent.
Today’s TIP News: Omicron arrives in Texas; Pfizer says we may need three doses of COVID vaccine to fight Omicron; a federal judge stops Biden vaccine mandate for federal contractors; and 4-year study shows HPV vaccine works.
Today’s TIP News: Louisiana attorney general says COVID is not a vaccine-preventable disease; TIP Scientific Advisory Council member Dr. Peter Hotez on NPR study that shows link between Trump voters and COVID deaths; and a look at who isn’t getting full flu information.
Today’s TIP News: Cruise ship docks in New Orleans with infected passengers and crew; FDA authorizes Eli Lilly monoclonal antibody treatment for high-risk infants and kids under 12; and have we become comfortably numbed by all the COVID news?
In today’s TIP News: Texas governor’s on-again-off-again no-mask mandate is on again; Omicron invades New York City and Hawai’i; a study suggests Omicron is three times more likely to cause reinfection; and did some guy try to get a shot in a fake arm?
Today’s TIP News: US records first Omicron variant case; Texas senator John Cornyn says pitting politics against public health could politically backfire while Sen. Ted Cruz wants to give it a go; and COVID has hit America’s team harder than a lineman with a clear path to the QB.
Today’s TIP News: Federal judges block enforcement of Biden administration COVID vaccine mandates; flu and mumps cases on the rise; and TIP releases details about our annual community luncheon.
Today’s TIP News: Omicron variant leads CDC to recommend COVID booster shots for all adults and vaccinations for children and teens; TIP Scientific Advisory Council member Dr. Peter Hotez says Delta variant should be biggest concern in US; and Giving Tuesday good time to consider TIP in year-end charitable giving.
Today’s TIP News: The Omicron COVID variant raises big concerns for world and US health experts; TIP Scientific Advisory Council member, Dr. Peter Hotez, weighs in on Omicron travel bans; and TIP Health Equity Council member, Dr. Suma Manjunath, says pediatricians need to build trust with parents to remove vaccine hesitancy.
Today’s TIP News: Minnesota National Guard now staffing long-term care facilities as federal emergency relief teams head to the state; 15 states have more patients with COVID in ICU than a year ago; and unvaccinated individuals have vastly higher rates of hospitalization for COVID.
Today’s TIP News: The CDC endorses COVID vaccine booster shots for all adults; unvaccinated pregnant women with COVID more than twice as likely to have stillbirths than healthy women who did not have COVID; and more Texas school kids with COVID this year than all of last year.
Today’s TIP News: The FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna COVID boosters for all adults; immunocomprised folks may need more than two doses of the vaccine; and we’ll look at the differences between vaccination and immunization.
Today’s TIP News: A warning that a flu pandemic now could be worse than the 1918-1919 pandemic that killed at least 50 million around the world; studies find face masks greatly reduce spread of flu and COVID; and Seattle public school officials want the state to add COVID vaccines to the required school immunizations.
Today’s TIP News: The American Medical Association wants only licensed physicians to sign off on medical exemptions from vaccines; Texas goes to court again, this time over the president’s COVID vaccine mandate for health workers; and flu outbreaks have the country’s epidemiologists worried.
Today’s TIP News: Five Houston hospitals report 99 to 100 percent ICU capacity; Texas African-Americans trail Hispanics, Anglos, and Asians in COVID vaccination rates; and the COVID shots for kids reveal health care’s racial divide in many parts of the country.
Today’s TIP News: Texas’ largest school district is hosting COVID vaccines for students 5 and older; a new poll suggests the upcoming holidays may be difficult for families with vaccinated and unvaccinated members; and the flu vaccine is the new COVID political battleground.
Today’s TIP News: Today is World Pneumonia Day, a time to look at this biggest infectious killer of adults and children; Colorado’s governor signed an order to allow any resident 18 or older to get a COVID booster; and unvaccinated individuals around the world face new restrictions as COVID cases rise.
Today’s TIP News: A US district court judge says Texas governor Greg Abbott’s executive order banning mask requirements for the state’s public schools violates the federal Americans with Disabilities Act; an Ohio medical centers is taking its flu vaccine campaign to Black and Hispanic communities; and a decline in measles vaccinations may mean a rise in the disease.
Today’s TIP News: Unvaccinated Texans in their 40s are 55 times more likely to die from COVID; Pfizer-BioNTech wants emergency use authorization for a COVID vaccine booster for everyone 18 and older; and an Austrian brothel offers free incentives for anyone getting a COVID vaccination.
Today’s TIP News: The US has 15% of the world’s COVID-19 deaths and 18% of confirmed cases; a new poll finds a majority of Texans support COVID vaccine and mask mandates; and a data show Trump supporters dying at a higher rate from COVID than Biden supporters.
Today’s TIP News: A federal court temporarily stops President Biden’s vaccine mandate after Texas and other states file a lawsuit; a new survey finds half of Americans will never be convinced to get a COVID vaccination; and Big Bird’s vaccination ruffles right wing feathers of Texas Senator Ted Cruz and others.
Today’s TIP News: Texas and the country prepare to put shots in arms, that means the authorized Pfizer COVID vaccine for Texas kids 5-11 and tens of millions of employees across the country as part of the Biden Administration new federal rules.
Today’s TIP News: More than 70,000 Texans have died from COVID; COVID infections on the rise in Europe; anti-vaxx videos hit social media platforms after authorization of Pfizer’s pediatric vaccine; and HPV vaccine shows nearly 90 percent reduction of cervical cancers in England.
Today’s TIP News: Kids 5-11 can now get a COVID vaccine; Texas is one of four states with the most school closures from COVID so far this year; and The Immunization Partnership urges parents in communities of color to talk openly with their healthcare providers about their vaccine concerns.
Today’s TIP News: The CDC could authorize Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for kids 5-11 today; at least 37 Texas hospitals report ICU occupancy of 100 percent or more; Colorado may go to rationing hospital care; and “vax” is the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year.
Today’s TIP News: Worldwide COVID deaths top 5 million; the US leads all countries in the number of COVID deaths; CDC advisory committee meets tomorrow on the FDA authorization of Pfizer’s reduced COVID vaccine for kids 5-11; and reports of humans infected with flu normally found in pigs.
Today’s TIP News: The latest Texas COVID numbers; a cheap antidepressant may reduce the need for hospitalization among high-risk adults with COVID; and there is a chance an entire strain of flu may be extinct, thanks to COVID.
Today’s TIP News: New York’s police and firefighters are fighting back against the city’s vaccine mandate; a Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds one third of American workers would rather quit their jobs than get a COVID vaccine; and a new study looks at reasons many parents are not getting their children vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, or HPV.
Today’s TIP News: We’re one step closer to a COVID vaccine for kids 5-11; the CDC says a fourth dose may be good for some folks with certain conditions; the friendly skies of United Airlines aren’t so friendly for non-vaccinated co-workers; and researchers are working on a vaccine for breast cancer.
Today’s TIP News: FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee votes today on whether to authorize a COVID vaccine for kids 5-11; retailers and truckers want President Biden to delay any vaccine mandate until after Christmas; and Fox News host Neil Cavuto wants folks to throw out the politics and get the shot.
Today’s TIP News: FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee meets tomorrow about Pfizer’s COVID shots for kids 5-11; China begins vaccinating children as young as 3; and Arkansas’ governor says vaccine mandate only increase vaccine hesitancy.
Today’s TIP News: CDC recommends booster shots for some adult Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine recipients; a booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is 95.6% effective against COVID in a Phase 3 trial; and the latest Texas COVID numbers.
Today's TIP News: FDA authorizes COVID vaccine booster doses from Moderna and Johnson and Johnson; regulators consider booster shots for folks 40 and older; and doctors and researchers are looking for ways to treat a rare but life-threatening complication of COVID in children.
In today's TIP News: Public health officials seek federal protection against attacks; kids 5-11 could be getting their COVID vaccine soon; and Pfizer’s vaccine protects 12-18 year olds from hospitalization.
Today’s TIP News: Anti-vaxx legislation does not get through Texas Legislature’s third special session; a Miami private school quarantines students who get a COVID vaccination; and the CDC has some new COVID guidelines just in time for the holidays.
Today's TIP News: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell dies from COVID; older Texans account for most of the state’s COVID deaths; unvaccinated adults are 11 times more likely to die from COVID; and the CDC advisory committee meets this week to decide on any FDA recommendation regarding COVID booster shots.
Today’s TIP News: FDA advisory committee unanimously recommended agency authorize Moderna COVID vaccine booster; a Texas couple got vaccinated after eight family members die from COVID in six months; measles remains a concern.
Today’s TIP News: Conservative lawmakers and governors move to block federal COVID vaccine mandates for private employers, and Moderna asks for authorization for a reduced dose of its vaccine.
Today’s SPECIAL EDITION of TIP News: A call to action to oppose Texas House and Senate bills that remove public health tools from employers and open the door to measles, mumps, and chickenpox.
Today’s Special Edition of TIP News: The Immunization Partnership response and call to action regarding the latest COVID-related executive order from Texas governor Greg Abbott.
Today’s TIP News: More Texas school kids have COVID than all of last year; Texas GOP gubernatorial candidate increases anti-vaxx stance as he and his wife in hospital with COVID; and Merck applies for authorization for its anti-viral COVID pill.
Today’s TIP News: An estimated 140,000 children in US orphaned by COVID; Dr. Peter Hotez says it will take a generation for some racial and ethnic communities to recover from post-traumatic stress; and mild cases can result in PTSD three months later.
Today’s TIP News: Pfizer asks FDA to use COVID-19 vaccine for children; research suggests being an anti-vaxxer predicts increased opposition to childhood vaccines; and the life-saving malaria vaccine is now available for children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Today’s TIP News: An analysis of pro-COVID vaccine messages shows the most effective address protecting kids and the financial cost of getting COVID; the number of fully vaccinated Texans is up, but still behind what we need; and another reminder about flu and COVID shots to help prevent the twindemic.
Today’s TIP News: Texas’ largest school districts without mask requirements have way more COVID cases among students; Dr. Peter Hotez says we may be in for a rough ride for pediatric COVID cases as the temperatures drop; and AstraZeneca has applied for FDA emergency use authorization for a coronavirus antibody therapy.
Today’s TIP News: Rural Americans die from COVID at more than twice the rate of urban Americans; researchers at The University of Texas Southwest Medical Center found infections with the Delta variant lead to worse outcomes for unvaccinated pregnant women: and Johnson & Johnson plans to ask for FDA authorization for its vaccine booster.
Today’s TIP News: The Immunization Partnership op-ed calls for Texas lawmakers to put public health over political considerations; Merck plans to ask for emergency use authorization for a COVID oral antiviral treatment; and a Supreme Court justice tests positive for COVID.
Today’s TIP News: More than 260 COVID deaths a day in Texas; COVID patients occupy more than 14% of Texas hospital beds; and the CDC strongly urges pregnant women to get their COVID vaccination.
Today’s TIP News: Austin and Travis County move to their COVID Stage 4; more than 7 out of 10 unvaccinated folks say boosters prove the COVID vaccines don’t work; and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and other antivaxxers won’t be on Youtube anymore.
Today’s TIP News: Texas hospitals report no more intensive care unit beds; a North Carolina hospital system fires employees who won’t get COVID vaccinations; and more than 3 percent of Texas public school kids have COVID.
Today’s TIP News: Texas still a long way from reaching herd, or community, immunity against COVID; fewer than 8% of Texas Black population is fully vaccinated; and there may be a COVID nasal spray or a daily pill in our future.
Today’s TIP News: The CDC finalizes recommendations for who should receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine booster shot; the City of El Paso surpasses the 74% mark for vaccinations; and TIP Scientific Advisory Council member Dr. Peter Hotez receives the prestigious David E. Rogers Award sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Today’s TIP News: FDA grants limited emergency use authorization for Pfizer COVID booster; 226 thousand kids across the country now have COVID; and Florida governor says parents can send their kids with COVID to school if they want.
Today’s TIP News: US Justice Department opens civil rights investigation into Gov. Abbott’s ban on mask requirements; Houston and Austin school districts sue over the ban; and a new poll shows up to 86% of Republicans believe Texas schools are safe during the pandemic.
Today’s TIP News: A look at who is dying in Texas from COVID-19; the coming flu season could lead to the twindemic of flu and COVID; and meningitis is the topic of a Facebook Live event with a member of our Scientific Advisory Council and actress Molly Ringwald.
Today’s TIP News: Texas COVID-19 death toll passes 60K; 3rd special session of Texas Legislature begins with several bills that weaken public health responses to the pandemic; and FDA committee votes for authorization of Pfizer vaccine for 65+ and 16+ with high risk for serious illness or exposure to the virus.
Today’s TIP News: $470M from the NIH to study effects of long COVID that may affect 1/3 of COVID survivors; an FDA advisory panel will talk about whether a booster of the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective; and the reasons pregnant women should get a coronavirus vaccination.
Today’s TIP News: COVID case numbers from Central Texas; a look at states that weaken public health abilities to protect public health; new CDC vaccine guidelines for those with compromised immune systems; and how you can be part of a program to see if you ever had COVID.
Today's TIP News: Texas attorney general sues more school districts for their lawless disregard of the governor’s ban on mask mandates and rapper Niki Minaj makes a curious claim about the COVID vaccine side-effect on a family friend’s gender-specific body part.
We’re talking today with Katy Gore, our Education and Program Manager, and the topic is TIP’s new Immunization University, or IZU.
This is a free, online platform providing nursing educational courses and modules for professional continuing education credit for nursing-approved credits through a partnership with Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth. It also has many non-credit courses, and all courses are open to the public.
We recorded this episode on Sept. 1, 2021.
Today's TIP News: Nearly 2 million Texans have not received their second COVID vaccine dose; the average Medicare cost for an extended COVID hospitalization can be 300 times the cost of a single vaccination; and now is the time to get your flu and COVID shots.
Today's TIP News: El Paso’s use of residents and community leaders to fight COVID-19, the Texas attorney general sues six school districts for requiring face coverings, and COVID plus vaccines could turn us into superhumans in the fight against the pandemic.
Today's TIP News: A 4-year-old girl dies in her sleep from COVID, President Biden's broad COVID plan, and advice about flu and COVID vaccines at the same time
Today's TIP News: Measles, Tennessee stops promoting vaccines to kids, Hays county parents raising a FUSS, and the number of Texas school kids with COVID equals the size of one Texas city.
Today's TIP News: Gov. Abbott calls a 3rd special legislative session to consider banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates; Texas vaccination rates and community immunity; and President Biden may authorize a booster.
Today's TIP News: COVID numbers update, Gov. Abbott's numbers slide, the number of Texas schools closing rises, and who's not getting vaccinated and why
Today's TIP News: Comparing COVID cases in neighboring Texas school districts; a Texas Education Agency board member calls for Texas Department of State Health Services to ignore the governor and require COVID-19 vaccine for school kids; and a look at Texas flu deaths before the start of flu season.
Today's TIP News: Updated Texas COVID numbers, Texas public school COVID closures, and physical attacks on hospital staff
Today's TIP News: An update on Texas COVID-19 deaths; The New York Times opinion piece on the rise in the anti-vaxx movement with quotes from TIP experts Dr. Peter Hotez and Rekha Lakshmanan; a look at the Delta variant; and reports of a new variant coming out of South Africa.
Today's news: Ten years after Texas Legislature mandates meningitis vaccination, lawmakers and the governor can't decide on a COVID-19 mandate for vaccines or masks; a ban on mask requirements in schools may violate the civil rights of children with disabilities; and community immunity begins with the community.
Today's TIP News includes TIP's statement regarding the executive order from Texas Governor Greg Abbott regarding verification of an individuals COVID-19 vaccine status for employment with any entity, public or private, in the state of Texas; TIP's new animated COVID vaccine videos in English and Spanish; and August as National Immunization Awareness Month and Back to School time.
Health Disparities. That’s the topic of this five-part series of conversations with Dr. Nicholas Bergren, Medical Science Liaison with Sanofi-Pasteur. Today, we continue our visit by looking at trust in vaccines and health care and how to get it back. We recorded this episode on June 28, 2021.
Health Disparities. That’s the topic of this five-part series of conversations with Dr. Nicholas Bergren, Medical Science Liaison with Sanofi-Pasteur. We recorded this episode, Addressing Health Disparities, on June 28, 2021.
Health Disparities. That’s the topic of this five-part series of conversations with Dr. Nicholas Bergren, Medical Science Liaison with Sanofi-Pasteur. Today, we continue our visit by looking at health disparities and social determinants of health in the United States. We recorded this episode on June 28, 2021.
Health Disparities. That’s the topic of this five-part series of conversations with Dr. Nicholas Bergren, Medical Science Liaison with Sanofi-Pasteur. Today, we continue our visit by looking at the history of low vaccination rates among racial and ethnic minorities in this country. We recorded this episode on June 28, 2021.
Health Disparities. That’s the topic of this five-part series of conversations with Dr. Nicholas Bergren, Medical Science Liaison with Sanofi-Pasteur. Today, we continue our visit by looking at health disparity initiatives to address unique issues. We recorded this episode on June 28, 2021.
The 87th Texas Legislature is history, at least for the regular session. Today, we begin a five-part visit with Rekha Lakshmanan, The Immunization Partnership director of Advocacy and Public Policy and our point person at the state capitol. In this episode, Rekha gives us an overview and a grade for the session.
We recorded this episode on June 23, 2021.
We continue our look at the work of the 87th Texas Legislature with Rekha Lakshmanan, The Immunization Partnership director of Advocacy and Public Policy, who is our point person at the state capitol. In this episode, TWO WINS, Rekha talks about new state laws pertaining to immunization that The Immunization Partnership helped to pass.
We recorded this episode on June 23, 2021.
We continue our look at the work of the 87th Texas Legislature with Rekha Lakshmanan, The Immunization Partnership director of Advocacy and Public Policy, who is our point person at the state capitol. In this episode, ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL, Rekha talks about the importance of public participation in the legislative process.
We recorded this episode on June 23, 2021.
We continue our look at the work of the 87th Texas Legislature with Rekha Lakshmanan, The Immunization Partnership director of Advocacy and Public Policy, who is our point person at the state capitol. In this episode, THE UNICORN, Rekha talks about Immtrac 2, the Texas immunization registry, and why it shows up as the unicorn every two years.
We recorded this episode on June 23, 2021.
We continue our look at the work of the 87th Texas Legislature with Rekha Lakshmanan, The Immunization Partnership director of Advocacy and Public Policy, who is our point person at the state capitol. In this episode, BEHIND THE SCENES, Rekha talks about working with lawmakers and their staff, and discusses TIP’s legislative agenda.
We recorded this episode on June 23, 2021.
We use data to make every aspect of our lives better and or businesses more efficient. Allison N. Winnike, JD, President and CEO of The Immunization Partnership and Dr. Kalyani Sonawane, Member of The Immunization Partnership Board of Directors, discuss how to leverage vaccine data and public health during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the internet being more available at our fingertips we have become susceptible to misinformation surrounding vaccines. Allison N. Winnike, JD, President and CEO of The Immunization Partnership, and Dr. Kalyani Sonawane, Member of The Immunization Partnership Board of Directors, discuss the so-called Infodemic, a different kind of pandemic that has run rampant for a number of years. Allison and Dr. Kalyani are here to help set the record straight.
Allison N. Winnike, JD, President and CEO of The Immunization Partnership, and Dr. Kalyani Sonawane, Member of The Immunization Partnership Board of Directors, discuss the impact of vaccine preventable diseases and how we can use ImmTrac2, the Texas immunization registry to save lives and provide for healthier communities.
Allison N. Winnike, JD, President and CEO of The Immunization Partnership, and Dr. Kalyani Sonawane, Member of The Immunization Partnership Board of Directors, discuss ImmTrac2, the Texas immunization Registry and its critical role in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and in keeping Texans healthy during and after the pandemic.
Allison N. Winnike, JD, President and CEO of The Immunization Partnership, and Dr. Kalyani Sonawane, Member of The Immunization Partnership Board of Directors, discuss the steps we need to take to bring public health and the economy out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Allison N. Winnike, J.D., President and CEO of The Immunization Partnership, and Pasha Morshedi, an aerospace engineer and a part-time Texas bar owner, discuss the importance of the COVID-19 vaccines, and vaccines in general, and they role they play in recovery from the pandemic.
Allison N. Winnike, J.D. President and CEO of The Immunization Partnership, and Pasha Morshedi, an aerospace engineer and a part-time Texas bar owner, continue their discussion about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on his business.
Allison N. Winnike, J.D., President and CEO of The Immunization Partnership, and Pasha Morshedi, an aerospace engineer and a parttime Texas bar owner in Texas, talk about the impact of COVID-19 on his business and small businesses across Texas.
Allison N. Winnike, J.D., President and CEO of The Immunization Partnership, and Pasha Morshedi, an aerospace engineer and part-time Texas bar owner, discuss the role of the Texas Legislature in leading the state out of the COVID 19 pandemic.