Vaccinated One Man's Quest by Paul A. Offit [Yakoub]

His goalΓÇöto prevent every disease that commonly attacked childrenΓÇöwas unattainable. But Maurice Hilleman came close.

Maurice Hilleman is the father of modern vaccines. Chief among his accomplishments are nine vaccines that practically every child gets, rendering formerly deadly diseasesΓÇöincluding mumps, rubella, and measlesΓÇönearly forgotten. Author Paul A. Offit's rich and lively narrative details Hilleman's research and experiences as the basis for a larger exploration of the development of vaccines, covering two hundred years of medical history and traveling across the globe in the process. The history of vaccines necessarily brings with it a cautionary message, as they have come under assault from those insisting they do more harm than good. Paul Offit clearly and compellingly rebuts these arguments, and, by demonstrating how much the work of Hilleman and others has gained for humanity, shows us how much we have to lose.

Meet the Author:

Paul A. Offit, MD is the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the ChildrenΓÇÖs Hospital of Philadelphia. He is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology and a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Offit is a founding advisory board member of the Autism Science FoundationΓÇöto which he is donating the royalties from this bookΓÇöand the author of five books including AutismΓÇÖs False Prophets and Vaccinated. He lives in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

Genre: Non-Fiction , Medical , Public Health , Preventive Medicine