Vaccines What Everyone Needs to Know Second Edition

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 highly accessible overview of a complex and partisan topic for readers without a background in science or medicine
• Answers current questions related to vaccine development including vaccine delay, vaccine injury, and vaccine manufacturing
• Features US and global perspectives, including vaccine economics in developing countries
• Authored by a national leader in vaccine education and clinical practice

CONTENTS

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