Bibliograph

Vaccine nation, America's changing relationship with immunization, Elena Conis

Type

Label

Vaccine nation, America's changing relationship with immunization, Elena Conis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-337) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Vaccine nation

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Elena Conis

Sub title

America's changing relationship with immunization

Summary

While vaccination rates have soared and cases of preventable infections have plummeted, an increasingly vocal cross section of Americans have questioned the safety and necessity of vaccines. In Vaccine Nation, Elena Conis explores this complicated history and its consequences for personal and public health

Table Of Contents

Kennedy's Vaccination Assistance Act -- Polio, measles, and the "dirty disease gang" -- How serious is mumps? -- Carter's Childhood Immunization initiative -- A mother's responsibility -- Tampering with nature -- Clinton's Vaccines for Children program -- Sex, drugs, and hepatitis B -- Vaccine risks and the new media -- Sex, girls, and HPV -- Appendix. The science and regulation of vaccines

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