Kristie McNealy, MD

It’s easy to take health for granted until something goes wrong.  Today, all of my kids are healthy, and for that I am thankful.  I know what I have to be thankful for because we haven’t always been so lucky.
Four years ago this December, I was admitted to the hospital in preterm labor.  I was [...]

Too often, we take our health, and the health of our kids for granted.  It doesn’t even cross our minds until something goes wrong.  The Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition (CCIC) would like to change that, by encouraging people to give thanks for the healthy kids in their lives during “Healthy Kids Thank-A-Thon 2009”.
The CCIC works [...]

Earlier this week, I wrote about a recent study out of Colorado which showed that when vaccines are refused the risk of contracting whooping cough increases nearly 23-fold.  The same day, I happened to connect with the Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition on Twitter.  Considering the importance I place on these findings, I asked if they’d [...]