poliomyelitis vaccine

Recounts how the 1955 polio vaccine crisis, in which a polio vaccine made by Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, inadvertently contained the live, virulent virus, resulted in liability laws that have discouraged companies from developing and producing vaccines, leading to the current critical shortage of vaccines.

A nonfiction picture book about Jonas Salk and the invention of the polio vaccine.

A picture book biography of Jonas Salk, the innovator and developer of the polio vaccine.

Poliomyelitis, better known as polio, is a crippling virus that can lead to paralysis or even death. A childhood vaccination program had diminished the incidence of polio worldwide to the point that scientists thought they had beaten it. They were wrong. Polio appears to be on the rise again.

"The first full biography of Jonas Salk offers a complete picture of the enigmatic figure, from his early years working on an influenza vaccine--for which he never fully got credit--to his seminal creation of the Polio vaccine, up through his later work to find a cure for AIDS"--Provided by publisher.

"The first full biography of Jonas Salk offers a complete picture of the enigmatic figure, from his early years working on an influenza vaccine--for which he never fully got credit--to his seminal creation of the Polio vaccine, up through his later work to find a cure for AIDS"--Provided by publisher.

A comprehensive history of polio over forty years.

The title "Should vaccinations be mandatory?" includes a wide range of opinion on a single controversial subject. This book includes primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives -- scientific journals, government officials and many others. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations to contact offer a gateway to future research.

A biography of Jonas Salk, the innovator and developer of the polio vaccine.

Discusses the polio epidemics that swept the world in the early twentieth century, including interviews with victims of the disease, and chronicles the search for a vaccine which was ultimately developed by American doctor Jonas Salk in the early 1950s.