Dr. Ari Brown and
Dr. Julie Boom join host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez to break down what's behind the dangerous resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and whooping cough. They discuss the growing spread of misinformation—even within federal health agencies—and share the facts parents need to know, so they can protect their kids. You'll hear why community immunity matters, how to separate fact from fiction in today's confusing health landscape, what's changed with immunization schedules and why you can continue to trust pediatricians for vaccine recommendations.
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Guest
Ari Brown, MD, FAAP
 Dr. Ari Brown is a practicing pediatrician in Austin, TX, and bestselling author of parenting books that include
Baby 411, now in its 10th edition. She is a trusted voice for children's health, serving as a spokeswoman for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for 20 years. Over the span of her career, she has appeared on countless national news and talk shows, including NBC's Today Show, and has authored articles published in the
Wall Street Journal,
Newsweek and
Parents magazine. Dr. Brown has received the American Academy of Pediatrics Lifetime Achievement Award for child health advocacy.
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Julie Boom, MD, FAAP
 Dr. Julie Boom is a professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and the Director of the Immunization Project at Texas Children's Hospital. For the past 14 years, Dr. Boom has served as the Houston site principal investigator for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s New Vaccine Surveillance Network, which conducts surveillance for pediatric acute gastrointestinal infection and acute respiratory illness. Additionally, CDC has supported Dr. Boom and her team at Texas Children’s Hospital to conduct surveillance for emerging diseases and pathogens such as acute flaccid myelitis, EV-D68, arboviruses and SARS-CoV-2. Dr Boom has also investigated vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women and parents of infants.
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Music credits:
Theme music composed by Doug Nagel.
The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.