Media Coverage

Our members have also participated in media interviews. Select interviews are listed below and are available by clicking on the links.

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  • The Detroit News, "Don't take the flu lightly -- be sure to get vaccinated" (12/9/08)
  • St. Petersburg Times, "Debate Rages Over Need for Vaccines" (10/23/08)
  • USA Today", The CDC goes viral to stop the spread of influenza" (9/30/08)
  • Kansas City Star, "New CDC guideline recommends flu shot for most children (9/25/08)
  • San Francisco Chronicle, "Panel endorses flu shots for kids; CDC agrees they will reduce risk of others contracting illness" (2/28/08)
  • Star-Ledger, "CDC panel expands flu shot guidance; Children up to 18 should get vaccine" (2/28/08)
  • Detroit News, "Give all kids flu shot, feds told" (2/28/08)
  • Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, "CDC expands flu shot recommendations" (2/27/08)
  • Newsday, "Experts: Flu is nothing for kids to sniff at" (2/24/08)
  • Detroit Free Press, "How a Child Died – But a Family Survived in His Own Words" (11/11/07)
  • Hometown Life (MI), "Families fighting flu" (10/21/07)
  • The Detroit News, "More children to receive flu shots" (10/3/07)
  • Detroit Free Press, "We never knew the flu could kill" (10/2/07)
  • The Grapevine Sun, "Grapevine couple educates others on serious risks of childhood flu" (2/22/07)
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "Parents of flu victim, 3, push shots" (2/21/07)
  • The Grapevine Courier, "Flu Hits Area Youngsters" (2/16/07)
  • Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Could flu vaccines at school keep kids well?" (2/11/07)
  • USA Today, "Flu vaccine can save young lives" (12/13/06)
  • The Washington Post, "The Face That Helped Alter Nation's Flu Policy; Girl's Death Moves Parents to Secure New Guidelines" (3/7/06)
  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Panel advises flu shots for kids ages 2 to 5" (2/23/06)
  • New York Daily News, "Flu Vaccine Urged for Ages 2 to 5" (2/23/06)
  • CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy), "ACIP endorses flu shots for 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds" (2/23/06)
  • Interactive Dad Magazine, "Grieving Dad Fights to Prevent Child Flu Deaths" (1/15/06)
  • PARADE, "The Flu: Fast and Fatal for Young Children" (12/11/05)
  • Louisville Courier Journal, "Stay well; Arm yourself against the flu" (10/27/05)
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  • WPIX Morning News, New York, NY, "Families Are Fighting The Flu And You Can, Too" (12/9/08)
  • WMBC, New York, NY (11/13/08)
  • CBS3, Philadelphia, PA, "Importance of Flu Shots"(11/3/08)
  • 9NEWS-NBC, Aurora, CO, "Remembering Ian" (10/14/08)
  • FamilyNet Television & Radio (3/6/08)
  • KVII-ABC, Amarillo, TX (2/29/08)
  • KCRG-ABC, Cedar Rapids, IA (2/29/08)
  • WJW-FOX, Cleveland, OH (2/29/08)
  • WKOW-ABC, Madison, WI (2/28/08)
  • KETV-ABC, Omaha, NE (2/28/08)
  • WMTW-ABC, Portland, ME (2/28/08)
  • WAGA-FOX, Atlanta, GA (2/28/08)
  • WJW-FOX, Cleveland, OH (2/28/08)
  • KLJB-FOX, Davenport, IA (2/28/08)
  • KTXS-ABC, Abilene, TX (2/27/08)
  • WMAR-ABC, Baltimore, MD (2/27/08)
  • WXYZ-ABC, Detroit, MI (2/27/08)
  • KFBB-ABC, Great Falls, MT (2/27/08)
  • WCTI-ABC, Greenville, NC (2/27/08)
  • WXOW-ABC, La Crosse/Eau Claire, MN (2/27/08)
  • KABC-ABC, Los Angeles, CA (2/27/08)
  • WMBB-ABC, Panama City, FL (2/27/08)
  • WGGB-ABC, Springfield, MA (2/27/08)
  • WTXL-ABC, Tallahassee, FL (2/27/08)
  • KAVU-ABC, Victoria, TX (2/27/08)
  • WAGA-FOX, Atlanta, GA (2/27/08)
  • WRC-NBC, Washington, DC (2/27/08)
  • WXYZ- ABC, Detroit, "Families Fighting Flu" (10/24/07)
  • NBC News:Today, "Why people don't get flu shots" (10/11/07)
  • Good Morning America, "Families Want Flu Guidelines Changed After Children’s Deaths" (1/19/06)
  • CNN American Morning, "Children in Danger from the Flu" (12/15/05)
  • CNN Headline News, "Children Killed by Flu" (12/15/05)
  • CNN, Anderson Cooper 360°, quot;Killer Flu" (12/14/05)
RADIO
  • KOKC-AM, Oklahoma City, OK (3/7/08)
  • KXKL-FM, Denver, CO (3/4/08)
  • WGN/Chicago Tribune Radio (3/1/08)
  • WTOP-AM, Washington, DC (3/1/08)
  • KLTF-AM, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (2/29/08)
  • WPFW-FM, Washington, DC (2/28/08)
  • KFBK-AM, Sacramento, CA (2/28/08)
  • American Urban Radio Network (2/28/08)
  • KIRO-AM, Seattle, WA (2/28/08)
  • CNN Radio (2/27/08)
  • AP Radio (2/27/08)
  • WBBM-AM (CBS), Chicago, IL (2/21/07)
  • WBZ-AM (CBS), Boston, MA (2/21/07)
  • WWJ-AM (CBS), Detroit, MI (2/21/07)
  • Good News Broadcast, "Families Saving Children from Influenza" (11/10/05)
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