Vaccines Defend What Matters

Combating Measles Resource Center - 02/28/2025

The 2025 measles outbreak in North Texas -- all primarily among unimmunized persons -- brings new attention to a disease once thought to be eliminated in the United States. TMA has collected the information below to help you and your patients combat this deadly disease.

Talk to Patients About: Measles - 02/24/2025

Few Americans today remember when measles was deadly. But before the measles vaccine was introduced in 1963, the disease killed about 2.6 million globally each year. By 2016, vaccination programs cut that number to about 89,000.

TMA Grants Build Community Connections for Underserved Patients - 02/03/2025

Physicians have until Feb. 7 to apply for the first of three rounds of $3,500 Vaccines Defend What Matters local impact grants funded by the TMA Foundation. Grantees can use the funds to vaccinate underserved and uninsured populations and toward outreach initiatives that address vaccine hesitancy.

Smart Money: Grants Boost Vaccine Efforts - 09/27/2024

Vaccines Defend What Matters grants give vaccine efforts a shot in the arm

New Poster Encourages Flu Vaccination Amid COVID-19 - 07/22/2024

“COVID-19 is here, but so is the flu.” That is the message of a new downloadable poster available from the Texas Medical Association’s Be Wise – Immunize program to help you stress the need for flu vaccination, this year more than ever.

El Paso Physician Broadcast Takes Creative Approach to Fight Vaccine Hesitancy - 02/14/2024

With help from a TMA Foundation grant, El Paso physicians created the video to provide health education, advocacy, and public awareness on vaccines and other topics. The program is part of TMA’s Vaccines Defend What Matters campaign. Read more.

Focus on Tarrant County: Volunteer Opportunities Can Boost Membership - 08/17/2023

During National Immunization Month, we put the spotlight on Tarrant County Medical Society Alliance (TCMSA), which has played a huge role in ensuring local residents have access to vaccinations. With the support of the TMA Foundation, TCMSA helped form the Immunization Collaboration of Tarrant County (ICTC) more than 20 years ago and continues to support its work.

Take 15 Seconds to Encourage Flu Vaccinations - 11/11/2022

What if 15 seconds was all it took to educate and encourage your patients about getting their flu shots? TMA has added two new 15-second videos to its Vaccines Defend What Matters (VDWM) resources to help.

Unvaccinated Numbers Down, Well-Checks Up in Spring Branch, Northwest Houston With TMA Outreach - 10/17/2022

Hundreds of Spring Branch and Northwest Houston-area kids headed back to school all caught up on their vaccinations and well-child checks, thanks in part to the Texas Medical Association’s Vaccines Defend What Matters initiative.