Worth A Shot
Ross England, MD, PhDA Substack about vaccines
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The time I made a hepatitis B patient cry
I’m a combined internal medicine–pediatrics (Med-Peds) infectious diseases physician. For people who aren’t familiar with that training path, it’s a bit like a double major in medicine and pediatrics: I trained to take care of both children...
Where did measles come from?
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This post is inspired by a question a student asked me recently. No virus is known, or even thought, to have originat...
A Tale of Two Chikungunya Vaccines
Given the news this week of a locally acquired case of chikungunya virus infection in New York, I had to bite down hard on the temptation to start this post with a “best of times, worst of times” schtick (you’re welcome). Nevertheless, I’ve...
Is self-vaccination the future?
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I’ve had a long, inadvertent period of inactivity on Worth a Shot, and I’m going to get back into the swing of regular posting with a reflection on a recent thought-provoking commentary published in Vaccine.
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A Thumb on the Scale
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Our World in Data published a new article on April 21, 2025 on the safety and efficacy of the measles vaccine. The overall theme of the post is t...
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I'm a physician-scientist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in infectious diseases and vaccines. The opinions expressed here are my own.
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