Vaccines

Ch.1: Development of vaccines

Brief history of the war against infectious disease / Joshua Lederberg

Life before preventative medicine / Christine A. Smith

Early efforts to inoculate / Christopher S. W. Koehler

Inoculating against smallpox / Edward Jenner

Louis Pasteur and the causes of infection / Rene Dubos

Modern vista of vaccines / National Immunization Program

Ch. 2: Milestones in disease prevention

Conquering polio / Jane S. Smith

Finding a vaccine for Hepatitis B / Baruch S. Blumberg

Smallpox eradicated through global use of vaccine / Frank Fenner

Beating back measles / C. A. de Quadros et. al.

Vaccine for chicken pox / World Health Organization

Ch. 3: Setbacks and controversies

Overview of safety issues / National Immunization Program

Barriers to the development of new vaccines / Shannon Brownlee

Vaccinating the armed forces against anthrax is risky / Garth L. Nicolson, Meryl Nass, and Nancy L. Nicolson

Vaccinating the armed forces against anthrax is safe / U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Concerns within the catholic church / Edward J. Furton

Risks of letting people opt out / Carolyn Poirot

Online campaigns against vaccines / Laeth Nasir

Ch. 4: Future prospects and challenges

Plight of poor countries in the vaccine marketplace / Henry Wilde

Vaccines stage a comeback / Michael D. Lemonick and Alice Park

Meeting the challenge of bioterrorism / Philip K. Russell

Campaign to vanquish polio / United Nations Foundation

Opposition to polio vaccinations / John Donnelly

Enlisting vaccines to battle cancer / National Cancer Institute

New frontier: DNA vaccines / Robert G. Whalen

New delivery systems: vaccines you can eat / Mandy Redig.