About us

Precision Vaccinations is an international publisher of research-based vaccine news that is vetted for commercial bias, clinical relevance, and ‘main-street’ comprehension by doctors, nurses, and pharmacists.

With today’s ongoing debate about ‘fake news’ and its influence on vaccination rates, Precision Vaccinations offers people a clear choice when searching for vaccine news they can trust!

We have been 'fact-checking' vaccine news since 2016.

Our editor review process enables patients to trust Precision Vaccination news to help reduce over-vaccination, save money, and empower people to live life to the fullest. Furthermore, we believe your trust must be earned each and every day!

Recently, the World Health Organization said ‘vaccine misinformation is a major threat to global health that could reverse decades of progress made in tackling preventable diseases.’

‘Major digital organizations have a responsibility to their users -- to ensure that they can access facts about vaccines. It would be great to see digital platforms come together to leverage their combined reach.’ 

These WHO aspirations are realized at Precision Vaccinations (PV) in the following ways:

  • Pharmacists, nurses, and doctors approve PV’s vaccine news.
  • Pharmacist main-street perspectives enhance PV’s news articles.
  • PV syndicates its news to pharmacists' websites and newsletters.
  • PV’s news is distributed into various Twitter and Facebook channels.
  • Google News integrates PV’s featured news articles.

Mission Statement

Empower doctors, nurses, and pharmacists with trustworthy information to maximize each person's immunization needs and reduce overall healthcare costs.

Unique Publishing Goals

  • Trusted - only licensed providers edit our content, delivering 100% transparency
  • Understandable - our clinical information is written with a positive voice, translated into "main street" conversation
  • Timely - breaking research is contextually integrated into the news as it is published;
  • Superior UX- each article is designed with uniform navigation, offering a consistent learning experience

Did You Know

According to a January 2019 report released by the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, pharmacists in 48 states—including Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia—are authorized to administer vaccines to adult patients.

Vaccine Market

  • Life-saving vaccines have had a profound impact on the world. Globally, 2 to 3 million fewer deaths occur each year because people are vaccinated and protected from diseases.
  • Today, almost anyone can receive immunizations against 17 once common and potentially deadly infectious diseases in the United States.
  • According to the CDC, almost 3.5 billion vaccine doses were distributed in the United States over the past ten years.
  • From an economic perspective, research says every $1 spent on vaccines $3 in-direct benefits are realized in the USA.

Editorial Standards

PV supports these industry-leading non-profit, health news publishing criteria:

Social Media

We syndicate several of our vaccination news articles each week into Facebook and Twitter, which you can easily "Like", "Share" or "Subscribe"

RSS Feeds

Would you like to share our vaccination news articles from your website or mobile app? Simply choose one of the RSS feeds listed below to get started:

Diversity

Inclusiveness is at the heart of thinking and acting as journalists. The complex issues we face as a society require respect for different viewpoints. Race, class, generation, gender, and geography all affect point of view. Reflecting these differences in our reporting leads to better, more nuanced stories and a better-informed community.

We seek diverse voices in our management and reporting staff. Here is our advisory board.

Editorial Independence

Precision Vax publishes vaccine news based upon valid research from universities, government agencies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and the WHO.  These organizations have no influence on the published content.

Our news-gathering team is independent of commercial or political interests. We do not accept gifts, including paid travel, in order to avoid any conflict-of-interest or appearance thereof.

Our digital newsroom is insulated from any interaction with advertisers. We cite potential conflicts of interest on the same page as the published, relevant work. We do not allow third-parties to "ghost-write" news articles. If you have any questions contact [email protected].

Medical Advisory Team

The Medical Advisory Team works closely with pharmacists, doctors, and nurses across a broad range of specialty areas to ensure PrecisionVax's published content is accurate, actionable, and understandable. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Robert Carlson, [email protected]. 

Fact-Checking

Our news organization commits to doing its best to publish accurate information. We stand by the information we publish, and if it’s not correct, we will change it as quickly as possible. We take many steps to ensure accuracy, such as:

  • We investigate claims with skepticism; question assumptions; challenge conventional wisdom;
  • We confirm information with subject-matter experts, and seek to corroborate what sources tell us by talking with other informed people or consulting documents;
  • We verify content, such as technical terms, stats, etc, against source documents or make clear who is providing the information. We may share relevant components of a story with a primary source or an outside expert to verify them.

Corrections Policy

If our digital audiences cannot trust us to get the small things right, how can they trust us on the big things? We welcome feedback from our readers regarding the information that we publish.

When a webpage is updated, the page date reflects when a change to the content on that page has been edited. Corrections related to clinical content is reviewed by PVax's network of medical editors.

Please send any suggested changes to [email protected].

Policies

  • This Privacy Policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their 'Personally Identifiable Information' (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect, or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

  • Terms of Service: By using a PVax website, you signify your assent to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to all of these Terms and Conditions of Use, please do not use this site. All information on this site is provided "as-is" for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment. You should consult with a medical professional if you have any questions about your health. The use of any information on this site is solely at your own risk. PrecisionVaccinations.com may revise and update these Terms and Conditions at any time. Your continued usage of this website means you accept all changes.

  • Corrections:  PVax is committed to making clarifications to its content when appropriate. We take prompt action to edit even minor errors like spelling, grammar, or stylistic changes. Because style changes do not change the meaning of the content, those kinds of "style" changes will be updated on our site without notice.

  • Editorial:  We are committed to publishing information on various immunization topics.  We rely on you, our reader, to choose the information that is most appropriate for your needs. Information located on PVax should not be used as a substitute for professional healthcare advice.

  • Advertising:  PVax accepts advertising from third parties ("Advertisers"), which may include third party banners, badges, contextual advertising, and content created or provided by an Advertiser (collectively referred to as "Advertisements" or "Advertising"). We have regularly sought sponsorships and advertisements from relevant commercial organizations, manufacturers, and other health leaders. These sponsorships, which are a form of advertising, enable us to provide you with our trusted content at no cost.

Ownership Structure 

Precision Vax, LLC is a 100% woman-owned, international news organization. Karen McClorey Hackett, the president of Precision Vax, is committed to transparency in our ownership structure and revenue sources. We are a private company, founded in 2016. Karen launched her career with IBM and has been investing in digital health enterprises since 1997. Here is Karen's Linkedin profile. 

Precision Vax's digital network includes PrecisionVaccinations.com, CoronavirusToday.com, Vax-Before-Travel, Vax-Before-Cancer, Zika News, and various healthcare provider syndication affiliates.

Revenue Sources

We produce our revenues from advertising. Our dominant advertiser is Google Adsense.

PrecisionVaccinations.com also has lead generation business agreements with GoodRx for discounts, Antidote clinical trials, Ulta Labs for diagnostic tests, and various healthcare providers for vaccine appointment requests.

As such, our editorial team has no relationship, nor communications, with any advertiser. If you have any questions please contact [email protected].

Comments and Concerns

We believe that public feedback is not a one-way street. Instead, we are committed to engaging with you and taking action based on your suggestions, complaints and other feedback.

In line with this, we are committed to providing greater transparency about how news is produced and offering regular points of contact and interaction. We believe that news organizations have a responsibility to engage with the public on the values, issues, and ideas of the day and that we have much to gain in return.

We will respond to your request within two business days. Please send an email to [email protected].  

Thank you,

Karen Hackett

President