This compelling look at Maurice Hilleman, who developed nine major vaccines, is a tale replete with heroism, genius, humanitarianism, and tragedy. Offit tells this history of modern medicine with great insight and compassion.
In the 1990s, autism in American children began spiking, from 1-2 in 10,000 in 1987 to a shocking 1 in 166 today. In this period, two series of shots containing a mercury-based preservative called Thimerosal were added to the nation's already crowded vaccination schedule. Some parents noticed their healthy children suddenly descending into silent, ...
Vaccines have saved more lives than any other single medical advance. Yet today only four companies make vaccines, and there is a growing crisis in vaccine availability. Why has this happened? This remarkable book recounts for the first time a devastating episode in 1955 at Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, that has led many ...
This work gives consumers the information they need to make informed decisions about vaccines. Parents who face a multitude of vaccines for their children and adults who must decide about flu shots, vaccine for international travel, hepatitis and booster doses, should find this guide useful.
A midwife and herbalist explores the pros and cons of child vaccination, including a discussion about its history and risks, the nature of the immune system, and natural approaches to health and immunity
Can mandatory vaccines trigger developmental disorders and autoimmune diseases? Does the US government secretly calculate how many people will be permanently disabled and killed from vaccines? Did AIDS originate in diseased monkey organs used to incubate polio vaccines? Are new viruses tested on unsuspecting vaccine recipients? How safe is your ...
In this compact, easy-to-understand volume, Clifton explains the very real risks involved every time a dog or cat gets a shot. The major veterinary associations now agree that vaccinations can trigger all sorts of maladies, from allergies to cancer. This guide encourages readers to learn about the risks and benefits of vaccinations. (Animals/Pets)
'Marc Siegel is an articulate voice of reason in a world beset by hype and hysteria. We would be well advised to listen closely to what he has to say' - Jerome Groopman, M.D., staff writer, the "New Yorker". 'Siegel cuts through the hype about the 'deadly' this and the 'lethal' that, and applies reason in seeking the answers' - John M. Barry, ...
This book provides parents with a comprehensive, scientifically-based guide to the facts, myths, problems and solutions associated with raising a vaccine free child. It helps them protect their children both from the wiles of the vaccine industry and from harmful germs. With 467 references, there are no trendy anti-vaccination myths in this book. ...
Bioterrorism has quickly become one of the most pressing and disturbing issues of our time. The leaders of the United States warn that the threat of germ weapons by terrorists is real, and, more importantly, that the country remains highly vulnerable. Such statements have led to a national sense of fear and unease. What can Americans do to protect ...
Andrew Pollard and Martin Maiden have assembled an impressive collection of the latest molecular and cellular techniques for the development, evaluation, and implementation of vaccines to be used against this dreaded disease. The contributors - leading scientists, clinicians, and public health physicians - describe in detail the many approaches to ...
This book explains how to monitor and measure the effects of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction. It summarizes the most current information on pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. The book: discusses the world-wide potential of the vaccines; details the impact of vaccination on childhood respiratory disease, including antibiotic resistance; ...
Moishe Postone undertakes a fundamental reinterpretation of Karl Marx's mature critical theory. He calls into question many of the presuppositions of traditional Marxist analyses and offers new interpretations of Marx's central arguments. He does so by developing concepts aimed at grasping the essential character and historical development of ...
In this study, a journalist argues that a vaccine for AIDS would be in existence if governments, medical industries, and academia made greater research efforts. Furthermore, he feels that too many Americans--including those who are HIV-positive--have foolishly accepted the anti-HIV "cocktail" drugs as a cure.
The fully updated and expanded 3rd Edition of this respected reference covers all vaccines currently in use as well as those about to be licensed. In addition to in-depth chapters on individual vaccines, the book's international roster of contributing authorities provide a well-rounded perspective on many general topics such as the history of ...
Veterinary vaccines are given to prevent disease, yet studies show that they are often debilitating and fatal. They have been linked to auto-immune and neurological disorders, including cancer, diabetes, arthritis, tumours, seizures, allergies, digestive problems, organ failure, and many other serious ailments. Many veterinarians, both ...
This classic resource examines every aspect of vaccination - from development to use in reducing disease. Completely revised and updated, it provides authoritative information on vaccine production, available preparations, efficacy, and safety; recommendations for vaccine use, with rationales; data on the impact of vaccination programs on ...
Designer Vaccines: Principles for Successful Prophylaxis seeks answers to these important questions and explores how immunological knowledge can be applied in the formulation and delivery of vaccines. Instead of focusing on the rating of existing vaccines, this forward-thinking text looks to how new vaccines can be developed and existing ones ...
A veteran journalist dramatizes the controversial search for an AIDS vaccine--the players, the politics, the money--in a vivid, suspenseful story that reveals how science is done, and not done, in America today.
Here is a straightforward presentation of the facts surrounding the controversial topic of vaccines, a book that confused and worried parents can turn to for answers and reassurance. Most parents have questions about vaccines that doctors are too busy to answer, and too many parents, as a result, are not having their child vaccinated at all, thus ...
This guide helps adults sort through the confusing vaccination information to determine what is right for themselves and their family. This updated edition includes: information on vaccine safety; vaccines for smallpox and anthrax; and the progress of combination vaccines.
Rabies, one of humanity's most ancient and feared diseases, has spread rapidly among the canines of South Texas and in raccoons on the eastern seaboard. The United States, with the world's most complex rabies problems, has seemed helpless in the face of this dangerous outbreak, the worst in decades. In Mad Dogs: The New Rabies Plague, Don Finley ...
From state-of-the-art technologies for creating new and improved vaccines to commercial and regulatory aspects of vaccine production and distribution, this edition presents coverage of vaccine development.
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