vaccines

The nightmare of the outbreak is finally over, but Cat s fight has only just begun. When news arrives that the Hydra virus might not be as dead as they d thought, the group is pushed into an uneasy alliance with Cartaxus to hunt down Lachlan and fix the vaccine. Their search takes them to Entropia, a city of genehackers hidden deep in the desert.

"Provides a thorough overview of the major pros and cons of vaccines"--OCLC.

Before the advent of vaccines, enormous epidemics of measles, mumps, whooping cough, polio, and other crippling diseases ravaged humanity around the globe. That frightening situation began to change when Edward Jenner, Louis Pasteur, and other pioneering medical researchers developed the first vaccines-which use a portion of a disease germ to stimulate the body's immune reaction to that malady. Today, hundreds of millions of people gain immunity to deadly diseases through vaccination.

The discovery of a vaccine for polio in the 1950s has prevented millions of cases of this severe paralyzing disease. The Discovery of the Polio Vaccine examines this historic advance from multiple perspectives, including those of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin, and modern organizations working to wipe out polio once and for all.

"Vaccines are one of the most important public health achievements of our time. But now as many vaccine preventable diseases are no longer perceived an imminent threat, vaccines are both lauded and feared, amplified by rapid-fire dissemination of conflicting messages. This book will follow the story of vaccines in the past, present and future to disentangle fact from fiction and underscore their important role in our society"--.

"... recounts the ... history of vaccines, their important role in protecting community health, and ... cutting-edge research"--Jacket flap.

Exposes 12 of the most enduring myths about medicine.

"Drawing on the latest medical science, case studies, policy research, and hard-earned epidemiological lessons, "Deadliest Enemy" explores the resources and programs we need to develop if we are to keep ourselves safe from infectious disease"--Dust jacket.

Biological weapons are extremely dangerous, but militaries around the world are developing various methods to counteract these weapons, including vaccines and ways to clean areas affected by biological warfare. Readers explore the development of both biological weapons and the defenses against them.

Describes the disease of polio and its treatment, the scientific endeavour that led to the discovery of the poliovirus, and the studies in virology and immunology that culminated in the production of a polio vaccine. It also highlights the experiences of patients and the voices of survivors, revealing how ethnicity, class, age, and gender all mediated individual's reactions to the disease, which included fear, rejection, denial and anger. There is still no cure for polio. The treatment remains the same as it was forty plus years ago. The only way to prevent future epidemics is by vaccinating the population. If the poliovirus cannot find an unvaccinated individual to infect, it will die out. As long as there is a single case of polio, all unvaccinated children throughout the world are at risk.