National Vaccine Information Center

This is a fantastic organization. So often you contact an organization or company with a question and it's like they never get back to you or do halfheartedly. When I've reached out to the NVIC with questions they have taken the inquiry seriously and responded kindly after serious research into finding the answers. No one will debate that this is a topic with lots of emotion on both sides and I they know this and respond with a level of care that is appropriate for such an important, emotional topic. Impressed, truly.

I am so grateful for this non for profit! I cannot thank Gina enough for all of her help. She and NCIV have been instrumental in providing a wealth of accurate, unbiased scientific information and assistance when my husband and I were struggling with finding helpful resources to guide and support us with important parenting decisions for our children. We are in a season where we are being judged and scrutinized for our parental choices. They were quick to be of help, empower and provide us with information, guidance and respond to our multitude of questions when were under scrutiny and rejected from our pediatrician's office for our parenting decisions.

I live in California worst state ever when it comes to vaccines so being that I have a 2 month old granddaughter I was concerned with her upcoming doctors appointment. I started doing some research online to see what my options were and I ran across this website. I emailed them and Gina Bernazzani Director of Counseling for NVIC responded, she was very helpful. I am truly grateful to have found a organization with such knowledge and resources.

I was given the shingles and Prevnar13 on the same day and in the same arm 10 months ago. I still have side affects. Swelling in my arm up my throat, in my face and onto my other arm. I turn a purple red at worst. I become breathless and hoarse throat. I'm very fatigued and emotional feeling fragile. I get nowhere talking with Sanford clinic. Hope to talk to the higher ups. Every organization from FDA CDC MERK and PHIZER tell me to go to the live virus information and they should follow that directive which states no other immunization with in 28 days. This organization has been very helpful

I just had a great experience with Gina Bernazzani of NVIC. I had a question regarding immunization laws in the 1990s, and although there were no relevant records in the NVIC files, Gina went out of her way to search for other sources that could be useful. I had tried searching online myself and found nothing, so Gina must have really worked hard to find these three different documents. Kudos to Gina for being so dedicated to public health!

I contacted the NVIC twenty years ago when my son whom I thought had totally recovered from autism became very ill again following a measles booster shot. I have followed their work ever since. Becoming autistic twice in one lifetime is two times too often. If you are looking for unbiased, scientific information regarding vaccines, NVIC is the place to turn to. I will be forever grateful for their amazing work, unrelenting focus and commitment to the truth.

As a parent, I found the Vaccine Policy & Law Reform Guide especially helpful in preparing for a mandatory meeting at the health department in order to obtain a vaccination waiver. NVIC does a fabulous job in clarifying the issues!

The National Vaccine Information Center has been a reliable and accurate source of support and information for me raising my children, as each vaccine has to be evaluated based upon its risk/benefit. I never would have known the "other side of the story" - how many vaccine damaged children are really out there. Parents have a right to know the risk/benefit information related to each vaccine, so they can make informed choices for their children.

So very thankful for a non-bias resource to help support my journey. So much information is available on the topic of vaccines and I have found NVIC to "top notch". NVIC is able to explain and source answers to questions related to vaccines and vaccine safe that is very helpful. I would recommend anyone interested in seeking knowledge on vaccines add NVIC to their resource list.

I was first introduced to NVIC 5 years ago at a Conference in Virginia. The entire organization from top to bottom is run with integrity. Everyone I met, volunteers, staff and representatives of NVIC were professional, knowledgeable and mission driven. What I really loved was the research and facts they brought to the conversation around vaccines, both documented and sourced. They do not tell people what to do, rather provide the information for consumer to make informed decisions. Thank you NVIC!!

I had emailed NVIC inquiring if they knew why animal vaccines do NOT contain adjuvants, even with multiple dose vials. There is no mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, etc. in animal vaccines.
Also it is interesting to note that AVMA policy is now to only vaccinate every 3 yrs. It had been yearly. Titers to measure antibodies are also often used in pets, to determine if vaccine is actually 'needed'. It appears that vet med is more concerned with the welfare of their animal patients and/or their owners.
NVIC was very prompt in sending a helpful reply to my email.

In a time where our society is saturated with information, we are learning to be efficient navigators. However, this takes a lot of time. I trust NVIC as a source of factual and valuable information regarding the political and medical vaccine agendas. Their team does the research I cannot do.

Since knowing about and following the work of NVIC I am keenly aware of the medical propaganda we're shown. NVIC helps me to cross check the media and has given me the knowledge to better communicate with others about the physical, financial and mental costs of vaccines.

I had questions regarding the religious exemption for vaccinations in my state. I called and left a message and they were very prompt in getting back with me and also with an efficient reply. Thank you!

I was having a hard time finding a doctor in Knoxville TN to treat my children since we choose not to vaccinate. I was blown away that doctors would choose not to treat a child. I contacted NVIC and they gave me direction on how to find a doctor for my children. Thank you NVIC!

This organization helped me to become better educated on the potential risks of vaccination and allowed me to make a choice that I was comfortable with.
I checked out other vaccine related websites and they minimized the risks and clearly promoted vaccines as being wonderful and safe for everyone. They encouraged everyone to get them.
As a health care provider, I know that any medication comes with potential side effects. Vaccines are no different. It is refreshing to find an organization that provides facts on risks of both the disease and the vaccine and enables people to make a better choice.
This is very refreshing as the new healthcare model has become one heavily influenced by pharmaceutical companies.
Keep up your great work!

Crucial work done here. Very helpful.

Suzanne Myron, NY

I am grateful for the work that NVIC does to 1) help those seeking education about vaccine reactions, 2) help those injured and seeking resources, 3) promote advocacy work to ensure that informed consent to medical procedures is maintained, and 4) promote non-discrimination for those that choose to not opt-in (opt out) of some or all vaccinations.

We are so fortunate as parents, citizens and frankly, human beings that an organization like NVIC exists. They fulfill their mission to inform the public with unbiased information with the upmost integrity and compassion. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for your tireless efforts to keep us informed so that we may advocate for ourselves and our families.

This charity does amazing work. Great resources, up to date information for everyone to make an INFORMED decision. I have been a donor for this organization for years and will continue to promote their good work. Thank you NVIC for all you do.

This company does so much to educate and get the truth out to the public. I fully support this nonprofit in all that they do.

I cannot thank this charity enough for educating us regarding the dangers of vaccines. I suffer from side effects of a vaccine I got while pregnant with my first daughter. If it was not for the info they provide, my whole family would be suffering from these same side effects. Thank you NVIC!!

I am so thankful for this site. I found it when I was pregnant with my son. My daughter almost died from her vaccinations and learned later that she has an egg allergy. I also have an egg allergy. Considering my almost 2 year old throws up anytime he eats eggs, it's safe to say he does as well. I'm thankful to this site for helping me to learn about the exemptions for my state so I could choose the appropriate one. I'm thankful for the education regarding the laws state by state along with resources. Keep up the great work!!!

Thank you for all you do! It's so important for parents to have a reliable source of information. All parents need to research vaccines and their side effects. Vaccines are not safe or effective for all of us.

I have been reading and connecting with wonderful data from NVIC for many, many years, now. I recommend them to people frequently. This site is all about information. They even have a list of 8 vaccine risk questions to ask. For example, one would never vaccinate a person who is sick. That is contra-indicated by medical protocol. Somehow some doctors will do this, but as a patient or a parent you can insist on waiting until you or your child, whoever is being vaccinated, are well. That is just one, there are a total of 8 questions to ask. NVIC is awesome.

They helped guide me to the diagnosis of my child's illness when the doctor wouldn't/didn't know the answer.

Fabulous work, great charity. Doing the research, outreach, and education.

I have a vaccine injured child and this organization has been helpful in my journey to understand why this happened.

NVIC is committed to truth and transparency. Their information is always accurate and they maintain their integrity and reliability on all fronts.

The NVIC is here to help your children grow up to be as healthy as they can. One of the most worthwhile charities here. Please keep up the great work!

I don't know where I would be if I hadn't found NVIC. They were a lantern of hope on a dark night (that lasted years).

I trusted the medical profession deeply and did what I was told. I like following the rules. It's safe, normal. I took pharmaceuticals without question. After the vaccine reaction, the confusion was horrible. Then, the betrayal deep.

I was told that "Vaccines are safe and effective," not that vaccine manufacturers became immune from financial liability in 1986 (OVER a decade before my child was born) because lawsuits for devastating vaccine damage were too costly for the corporations to bear. The vaccine that caused all this financial turmoil? The precursor to the vaccine that hurt my child. (No, it wasn't the MMR.)

Did any of my doctors tell me these things? No, NVIC did.

NVIC works tirelessly. Their stamina is INCREDIBLE. When faced with the insults, the ridicule, the denial that children are suffering, that "the scream" of a swelling brain never happened, that seizures are irrelevant... amid all this vicious disregard, NVIC continues caring, educating and advocating for our medical, parental and human rights.

Thank God for NVIC.

This was one of the first places we went following the death of my grandson, due to a vaccine reaction. So much information, from unbiased sources, a very good place to begin research.

The best place to go for vaccine information, resources and support. Highly recommend!

This charity helps inform the public of the risks associated with vaccines and helps those affected. They do not push people not to vaccinate instead allow you to make an informed decision.

This nonprofit has been very instrumental to parents across the United States. They are allowing truth and transparency and for the misinformation that has been spread for many years to finally be cleared away. They are advocating for our future generations and contributing to medical knowledge worldwide. Thank you for all that you have done.

NVIC stands for an unpopular cause, educating people about their right to informed consent relating to vaccines. They are respectful, unwavering, and have great integrity in the face of entrenched opposition. They present the whole truth about our legal rights and vaccines, not just the vaccines-are-holy-put-your-head-back-in-the-sand-and-do-as-your-told script we get from almost everywhere else. They encourage people to make an informed decision. In a world were pharmaceutical companies use their immense resources to sway public opinion, this is an awesome undertaking. I commend this organization and appreciate the work they do.

National Vaccine Informational Center (NVIC) is the best, most informed foundation for vaccine legislation, gobal reports, and scientific studies into vaccine safety and efficacy. The founder is also the strongest voice on capital hill for safe vaccines. They do great work and deserve five stars!! I'd give them more stars if I could!

This is a great organization focused on the transparency of information regarding vaccines. Vaccines are medical interventions that come with mild to serious side effects that are constantly downplayed. Not everything in the medical world can be applied to every individual safely without consequence. At this point there are people in our government claiming that forcefully mandating every CDC recommended vaccine for everyone is a "Greater Good" must. For those who have been injured by vaccines or witnessed a family member suffer this is an insult to their experience and is reckless considering future complications to fellow members of our society who are indeed part of the "Greater Good". I am speaking from a very personal experience and those who feel I am not speaking with truth are exercising their right of opinion and nothing more. Where there is risk there must be a choice.

This website is my go to site for credible information. I appreciate all the hard work this website does for parents.

They have been a great unbiased information source that has helped me in my research to keep my family healthy and a great site to recommend to family and friends who have questions. Unbias information is hard to come by these days so this is a real gem.

Great origination! Love donating to them! They provide great resources to parents and families.

thank you for all that you do. sorry that trolls feel the need to tarnish your rating. the aluminum has damaged their brains.

This charity claims to be all about providing information about vaccines to concerned parents. They claim they are neither pro or anti vaccine, but simply educating people. The problem is that all of the information they provide is not only anti-vaccine, but does not match the scientific consensus. This 'charity' is trying to push an ideological agenda, one which is not consistent with the medical science on vaccines. They tend to suggest avoiding vaccines in all cases, which puts both the children of parents reading and other people who cannot be vaccinated, in danger. I strongly urge you, if you're reading this, NOT to donate to this charity, as they are fighting the very medical advances which have allowed our society to live the long, fulfilled lives we've achieved over the past two centuries.

Misleading! This 'organization' offers no information regarding vaccines- only dangerous misinformation and falsehoods to backup their anti-vaccine agenda.

This organization presents inaccurate information that does not agree with scientific consensus regarding the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.

This organization does no charitable work, and their mission is to spread misinformation about vaccines and vaccination under the guise of "informing" parents. They routinely downplay the dangers of vaccine-preventable diseases and they wildly overstate any actual risks of vaccines. From a scientific perspective their information is cherry-picked, deceptive and inaccurate. Their goal is to undermine public health efforts and to make parents fearful of vaccinating.

Spreads misinformation and medical advice that can hurt the public.

I really love the work this agency is doing. it has personal relevance to me.

Excellent organization that advocates for vaccine choice and vaccine safety. This organizations encourages people to make informed decisions about vaccines by offering them factual information that they can use to make the best choice when it comes to vaccines. Vaccines are medicines and have risks. People need to be better educated on these risks before they decide to vaccinate.

This organization provides factual information that is not readily available from the mainstream.
They provide a vital service to parents. We must be well informed to make the best possible
decisions for our children. The freedom to make such decisions must never be taken away and NVIC helps to insure this.

Until you are the parent of a precious child that goes from a babbling baby, with 1st words, silly sounds, responsive laughter and real expressions....to one who goes silent, solemn and frustrated only days after their vaccination and "normal" fever, then perhaps your comments should be limited. Thank goodness for those who investigate what 22+ vaccinations can do to a child barely 2 years old and only 25lbs? And WHY we should be "forced" to BELIEVE that this is safe, when so many live through the horror...that it ISN'T? There is $ to be made in the insanity of these excessive vaccinations. I don't see what horrific ulterior motive NVIC would have to investigate, publicize, and make available information that is so real to many of us. Thank you, and kudos to you, NVIC! Please keep the information coming....

The NVIC is a front group for the biggest bunch of anti-vaccine propagandists in the world. They have done are continue to do great harm to vaccination rates in the United State with their many lies about vaccines and vaccine safety. They do not deserve to be a nonprofit. If you donate to the NVIC, you may as well wish measles, meningitis, mumps and whooping cough across your community. They deserve ZERO stars as a rating. I state this as a pediatrician and a scientist who deeply cares for children and their health --Chris Hickie, MD, PhD

NVIC are a virulently anti-vaccine organization which spreads lies and disinformation about vaccines. They have blood on their hands: their effort to tarnish the reputation of vaccines is literally killing children. No one who cares about the health and wellbeing of children should give a single red cent to NVIC.

This organization promotes misinformation and pseudo-scientific views about the safety of vaccines on children, leading to outbreaks of previously eradicated diseases in the United States. They have even distributed links to the following article on their Facebook page which attempts to implicate vaccines as the cause of an infants death who was shaken to death by his parents (https://www.facebook.com/national.vaccine.information.center/posts/10152674879542931 / http://vactruth.com/2013/08/17/baby-dies-after-8-vaccines/). The level of misinformation is despicable. No one should be giving money to this organization as it is detrimental to public health.