Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780197663561 |
| ISBN10: | 0197663567 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 224 pages |
| Size: | 210x140 mm |
| Language: | English |
| 700 |
Category:
Vaccines
What Everyone Needs to Know?
Series:
What Everyone Needs To Know?;
Edition number: 2
Publisher: OUP USA
Date of Publication: 4 February 2025
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Short description:
In the second edition of Vaccines: What Everyone Needs to Know?, Kristen A. Feemster offers an accessible overview of the science, manufacture, and culture of vaccines in the United States and internationally, with needed updates in light of rapid advances in vaccine technologies and distribution for recent outbreaks in Ebola and COVID-19.
Long description:
Vaccines: What Everyone Needs to Know? offers an accessible overview of the science, manufacture, and culture of vaccines in the United States and internationally, with needed updates in light of rapid advances in vaccine technologies and distribution. This second edition expands the lens of vaccine access and equity with authoritative insight into the following:
? How vaccines work
? History of vaccines
? Vaccine content and manufacturing
? Vaccine policy and regulation
? Vaccine injury
? Vaccines and alleged effects on autism
? Development of Ebola and COVID-19 vaccines
? Modern global vaccine hesitancy movement
Written by a leading authority in both infectious disease and vaccine education, this book offers a clear-eyed resource for students, clinicians, and general readers interested in the use, efficacy, and controversy surrounding vaccines. In a subject area defined by partisanship, it offers a reliable resource for what everyone needs to know.
A wonderful introduction to one of the most important public health advances of the past 200 years. It's a must-read for prospective parents, journalists, and anyone interested in health care and health care policy. Feemster is thorough, compassionate, and engaging-a rare combination that makes this important book a delight to read.
? How vaccines work
? History of vaccines
? Vaccine content and manufacturing
? Vaccine policy and regulation
? Vaccine injury
? Vaccines and alleged effects on autism
? Development of Ebola and COVID-19 vaccines
? Modern global vaccine hesitancy movement
Written by a leading authority in both infectious disease and vaccine education, this book offers a clear-eyed resource for students, clinicians, and general readers interested in the use, efficacy, and controversy surrounding vaccines. In a subject area defined by partisanship, it offers a reliable resource for what everyone needs to know.
A wonderful introduction to one of the most important public health advances of the past 200 years. It's a must-read for prospective parents, journalists, and anyone interested in health care and health care policy. Feemster is thorough, compassionate, and engaging-a rare combination that makes this important book a delight to read.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. What Is a Vaccine and How Do Vaccines Work?
2. A Brief History of Vaccines
3. Vaccine Development
4. Vaccine Financing and Distribution
5. Vaccine Safety
6. The Vaccine Schedule
7. Laws and Standard Practices for Vaccine Administration
8. Vaccine Hesitancy
9. On the Horizon
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. What Is a Vaccine and How Do Vaccines Work?
2. A Brief History of Vaccines
3. Vaccine Development
4. Vaccine Financing and Distribution
5. Vaccine Safety
6. The Vaccine Schedule
7. Laws and Standard Practices for Vaccine Administration
8. Vaccine Hesitancy
9. On the Horizon
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Index