"From smallpox to Covid-19, this book examines the histories of the world's pandemics, explaining what vaccines are and why we need them. Told with a story-like narrative that holds readers' interest, this book is a definitive guide to vaccines"--Provided by publisher.
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ISBN: 0807584819
ISBN: 9780807584811
ISBN: 0807581070 (paperback)
ISBN: 9780807581070 (paperback)
Physical Description:186 pages ; 21 cm.print
Publisher:Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, [2022]
Formatted Contents Note: The first vaccine: smallpox -- Louis Pasteur saves dairy products and lives -- Pasteur and the first human vaccine -- John Snow, cholera, and the rise of public health -- The rise of serum therapy -- The 1918 Pandemic: the Devil Flu -- The polio panic -- The ticking clock of scientific discovery -- Maurice Hilleman and the quest to end childhood suffering -- An age of pandemics -- COVID-19.