What's New
New updates and improvements to VaxCalc
New: the Weekly Intel letter
The fight over your family's medical freedom is heating up. Where is freedom gaining ground this week, and where is it losing? Which moves will hit parents next? Every Sunday morning, Crew members get the must-know trends in one short letter.
New: Hib shot research
The label says 93% fewer cases. But how many babies actually need the shot for one to benefit? Were all three single Hib shots ever tested on whether they prevent disease? Our new Hib research answers these for ActHIB, Hiberix and PedvaxHIB.
Glyphosate in vaccines, including the newborn Hep B shot
A 2016 independent test reported glyphosate, the weed killer in Roundup, in the Hep B shot many babies get on day one. We dug into what has (and hasn't) happened since.
Aluminum: how long does it stay in a baby's body?
A government toxicology report has something to say about how long injected aluminum stays in the body, and it's one of the biggest gaps in the evidence.
Extended comments added to vaccination plan
Add unlimited comments, notes, nicely formatted text, links, attached documents to your custom vaccination plan.
Ammonium sulfate and pertussis toxin
Added deep research for both Ammonium sulfate and pertussis toxin.
Know What to Watch For After Vaccination
Your Vaccination Plan now includes Post-Vaccination Safety Monitoring based on the vaccines you actually choose for the visit. See common reactions, important symptoms to watch for, when they may occur, and our visual guide to recognizing a possible vaccine reaction.
Bring Your Own Vaccination Plan to the Well-Visit
The practice already has a vaccination plan for your child. Now you can walk in with your own.At visits like the 2-month well-visit, several vaccines can be presented together and start to feel like one package: this is what we do today.But it is not one decision.You can accept o
Your Healthcare Roundtable
Every important decision deserves more than a single voice.The Healthcare Roundtable helps you intentionally build your family's trusted healthcare team—the people who have earned a seat at your table.Your pediatrician is only one possible advisor. You may also rely on a chiropra
See What’s Shaping Your Vaccine Decisions
Your Decision Profile now appears on your Dashboard, showing your biggest concerns and what is shaping your decisions most right now.This is the first time VaxCalc can reflect your own decision-making back to you.As you add, remove, or reprioritize concerns, your profile changes
Disease Risk Added to Your Decision Profile
Today we added a new Disease Risk section to your Decision Profile.Many parents aren't only asking questions about vaccines—they're also trying to understand the diseases themselves.You can now organize concerns such as: Severity of the disease Likelihood of expos
Your Decision Profile
Every family approaches vaccine decisions differently.Some parents are most concerned about ingredient safety. Others are thinking about previous reactions, school requirements, or questions they still haven't been able to answer.Rather than treating every family the same, VaxCal
Added more well-visits: 18 months thru 10 years
We've added Well-Visit Guides for appointments from 18 months through 10 years old. Parents can now prepare for these visits in advance, review vaccine recommendations individually, and document their decisions before the appointment. This is part of our ongoing effort to make Va
Attend or skip that well-visit?
You can now record whether your family:✓ Attended the well-visit🛡 Skipped the well-visitYour selection will appear on your child's dashboard, making it easier to remember the path your family chose over time.This is especially helpful if you're using Well-Visit Guides as a visual
📸 Add Your Child's Photos to Well-Visit Guides
Crew asked for it, so we built it.You can now upload your own child's photo to any Well-Visit Guide.It's a small change that creates a surprisingly different experience.Add photos across the timeline and watch your child grow from a newborn into a teenager and eventually an adult
After-Visit Monitoring Based on Vaccine Injury Tables and Package Insert Data
Today I completed an important addition to VaxCalc.VaxCalc now integrates the U.S. Government Vaccine Injury Table with adverse event information reported in FDA-approved vaccine package inserts.Most vaccine safety information is presented one vaccine at a time.Real well visits o