vaccination

Through objective discussion, numerous direct quotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines the question, should vaccinations for youth be mandatory?.

Examines different perspectives on vaccination. Discusses the development of vaccines to prevent various diseases and concerns regarding unintended consequences. Includes a timeline, basic facts, and a glossary.

Examines widely-believed myths about vaccines, featuring interviews with parents, public-health advocates, scientists, and anti-vaccine activists, and discussing evidence that determines whether there is a link between childhood immunizations and autism.

The author explains the immune system and how it works along with the history of vaccine development and the types of vaccines used.

Traces the history and development of vaccines, the role of military and medical authority in the introduction of vaccines to the public, and the controversies over the use of some vaccines.

This book describes what vaccines are, the history of their development, the controversies surrounding them and the future of their medical advancement.

Explains the history and development of medicines from ancient herbal remedies to modern vaccines.

Contains seventeen articles in which the authors debate questions of whether vaccines do more harm than good, whether vaccinations should be mandatory, and how vaccines can be improved.

A biography of the British physician who discovered the smallpox vaccine.

A collection of writings that discuss whether or not infectious diseases are a threat to humanity.