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The Polio Pioneer

Linda Elovitz Marshall
The Polio Pioneer Book PDF

Author : Linda Elovitz Marshall
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780525646532

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A SYDNEY TAYLOR NOTABLE BOOK • Learn about the importance of vaccines and the scientific process through the fascinating life of world-renowned scientist Jonas Salk, whose pioneering discoveries changed the world forever. Dr. Jonas Salk is one of the most celebrated doctors and medical researchers of the 20th century. The child of immigrants who never learned to speak English, Jonas was struck by the devastation he saw when the soldiers returned from battle after WWII. Determined to help, he worked to become a doctor and eventually joined the team that created the influenza vaccine. But Jonas wanted to do more. As polio ravaged the United States--even the president was not immune!--Jonas decided to lead the fight against this terrible disease. In 1952, Dr. Jonas Salk invented the polio vaccine, which nearly eliminated polio from this country. For the rest of his life, Dr. Salk continued to do groundbreaking medical research at the Salk Institute, leaving behind a legacy that continues to make the world a better place every day. This compelling picture book biography sheds light on Dr. Salk's groundbreaking journey and the importance of vaccination.

Polio

Thomas Abraham
Polio Book PDF

Author : Thomas Abraham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781787380875

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Polio by Thomas Abraham Pdf

In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a twelve-year campaign to wipe out polio. Thirty years and several billion dollars over budget later, the campaign grinds on, vaccinating millions of children and hoping that each new year might see an end to the disease. But success remains elusive, against a surprisingly resilient virus, an unexpectedly weak vaccine and the vagaries of global politics, meeting with indifference from governments and populations alike. How did an innocuous campaign to rid the world of a crippling disease become a hostage of geopolitics? Why do parents refuse to vaccinate their children against polio? And why have poorly paid door-to-door healthworkers been assassinated? Thomas Abraham reports on the ground in search of answers.

Jonas Salk

Corinne J. Naden,Rose Blue
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Author : Corinne J. Naden,Rose Blue
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761318046

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Jonas Salk by Corinne J. Naden,Rose Blue Pdf

Chronicles the life and work of Jonas Salk, the scientist who developed the vaccine that conquered polio.

Jonas Salk

Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs,Charlotte Jacobs
Jonas Salk Book PDF

Author : Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs,Charlotte Jacobs
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199334414

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Jonas Salk by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs,Charlotte Jacobs Pdf

"He first full biography of Jonas Salk offers a complete picture of the enigmatic figure, from his early years working on an influenza vaccine--for which he never fully got credit--to his seminal creation of the Polio vaccine, up through his later work to find a cure for AIDS"--

Pioneer Science and the Great Plagues

Norman F. Cheville
Pioneer Science and the Great Plagues Book PDF

Author : Norman F. Cheville
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781612497563

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Pioneer Science and the Great Plagues by Norman F. Cheville Pdf

Pioneer Science and the Great Plagues covers the century when infectious plagues—anthrax, tuberculosis, tetanus, plague, smallpox, and polio—were conquered, and details the important role that veterinary scientists played. The narrative is driven by astonishing events that centered on animal disease: the influenza pandemic of 1872, discovery of the causes of anthrax and tuberculosis in the 1880s, conquest of Texas cattle fever and then yellow fever, German anthrax attacks on the United States during World War I, the tuberculin war of 1931, Japanese biological warfare in the 1940s, and today’s bioterror dangers. Veterinary science in the rural Midwest arose from agriculture, but in urban Philadelphia it came from medicine; similar differences occurred in Canada between Toronto and Montreal. As land-grant colleges were established after the American Civil War, individual states followed divergent pathways in supporting veterinary science. Some employed a trade school curriculum that taught agriculturalists to empirically treat animal diseases and others emphasized a curriculum tied to science. This pattern continued for a century, but today some institutions have moved back to the trade school philosophy. Avoiding lessons of the 1910 Flexner Report on medical education reform, university-associated veterinary schools are being approved that do not have control of their own veterinary hospitals, diagnostic laboratories, and research institutes—components that are critical for training students in science. Underlying this change were twin idiosyncrasies of culture—disbelief in science and distrust of government—that spawned scientology, creationism, anti-vaccination movements, and other anti-science scams. As new infectious plagues continue to arise, Pioneer Science and the Great Plagues details the strategies we learned defeating plagues from 1860 to 1960—and the essential role veterinary science played. To defeat the plagues of today it is essential we avoid the digital cocoon of disbelief in science and cultural stasis now threatening progress.

Splendid Solution

Jeffrey Kluger
Splendid Solution Book PDF

Author : Jeffrey Kluger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0786273232

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Splendid Solution by Jeffrey Kluger Pdf

The story of the polio vaccine and its enterprising creator, published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the first national vaccination program, discusses Salk's childhood during one of polio's worst epidemics and his education during the presidency of an afflicted FDR, describing how politics and a discrediting rival researcher nearly prevented the vaccine's development.

The Vaccine Race

Meredith Wadman
The Vaccine Race Book PDF

Author : Meredith Wadman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780698177789

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"A real jewel of science history...brims with suspense and now-forgotten catastrophe and intrigue...Wadman’s smooth prose calmly spins a surpassingly complicated story into a real tour de force."—The New York Times “Riveting . . . [The Vaccine Race] invites comparison with Rebecca Skloot's 2007 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.”—Nature The epic and controversial story of a major breakthrough in cell biology that led to the conquest of rubella and other devastating diseases. Until the late 1960s, tens of thousands of American children suffered crippling birth defects if their mothers had been exposed to rubella, popularly known as German measles, while pregnant; there was no vaccine and little understanding of how the disease devastated fetuses. In June 1962, a young biologist in Philadelphia, using tissue extracted from an aborted fetus from Sweden, produced safe, clean cells that allowed the creation of vaccines against rubella and other common childhood diseases. Two years later, in the midst of a devastating German measles epidemic, his colleague developed the vaccine that would one day wipe out homegrown rubella. The rubella vaccine and others made with those fetal cells have protected more than 150 million people in the United States, the vast majority of them preschoolers. The new cells and the method of making them also led to vaccines that have protected billions of people around the world from polio, rabies, chicken pox, measles, hepatitis A, shingles and adenovirus. Meredith Wadman’s masterful account recovers not only the science of this urgent race, but also the political roadblocks that nearly stopped the scientists. She describes the terrible dilemmas of pregnant women exposed to German measles and recounts testing on infants, prisoners, orphans, and the intellectually disabled, which was common in the era. These events take place at the dawn of the battle over using human fetal tissue in research, during the arrival of big commerce in campus labs, and as huge changes take place in the laws and practices governing who “owns” research cells and the profits made from biological inventions. It is also the story of yet one more unrecognized woman whose cells have been used to save countless lives. With another frightening virus--measles--on the rise today, no medical story could have more human drama, impact, or urgency than The Vaccine Race.

The Discovery of the Polio Vaccine

Duchess Harris,Heather C. Hudak
The Discovery of the Polio Vaccine Book PDF

Author : Duchess Harris,Heather C. Hudak
Publisher : Core Library
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08
Category : Poliomyelitis
ISBN : 1532114885

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The Discovery of the Polio Vaccine by Duchess Harris,Heather C. Hudak Pdf

The discovery of a vaccine for polio in the 1950s has prevented millions of cases of this severe paralyzing disease. The Discovery of the Polio Vaccine examines this historic advance from multiple perspectives, including those of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin, and modern organizations working to wipe out polio once and for all. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Thank You, Dr. Salk!

Dean Robbins
Thank You Dr Salk Book PDF

Author : Dean Robbins
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780374390082

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Thank You, Dr. Salk! by Dean Robbins Pdf

Dr. Jonas Salk finds the cure for polio in this inspiring, educational, and timely nonfiction picture book. Jonas Salk wasn't seen as a brave hero—not at first. As a child he was quiet and unassuming, but Jonas dreamed of tikkun olam, the Jewish phrase for “healing the world.” He saw the polio virus strike his city, and he knew that with determination and hard work, he could be the one to stop its spread. So he grew up to study medicine, ultimately creating the polio vaccine that saved untold numbers of lives—and healed the world! With Dean Robbins’s inspiring text and Mike Dutton’s dynamic illustrations, Thank You, Dr. Salk! is a true and timely story of trials, triumph, and what it takes to achieve your dreams. An author’s note provides additional insight into Dr. Salk’s life and influences, and the history of vaccines.

Vaccinated

Paul A. Offit, M.D.
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Author : Paul A. Offit, M.D.
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780063251762

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Vaccinated by Paul A. Offit, M.D. Pdf

Vaccines save millions of lives every year, and one man, Maurice Hilleman, was responsible for nine of the big fourteen. Paul Offit recounts his story and the story of vaccines Maurice Hilleman discovered nine vaccines that practically every child gets, rendering formerly dread diseases—including often devastating ones such as mumps and rubella—practically forgotten. Paul A. Offit, a vaccine researcher himself, befriended Hilleman and, during the great man’s last months, interviewed him extensively about his life and career. Offit makes an eloquent and compelling case for Hilleman’s importance, arguing that, like Jonas Salk, his name should be known to everyone. But Vaccinated is also enriched and enlivened by a look at vaccines in the context of modern medical science and history, ranging across the globe and throughout time to take in a fascinating cast of hundreds, providing a vital contribution to the continuing debate over the value of vaccines.

The Cutter Incident

Paul A. Offit
The Cutter Incident Book PDF

Author : Paul A. Offit
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0300126050

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Vaccines have saved more lives than any other single medical advance. Yet today only four companies make vaccines, and there is a growing crisis in vaccine availability. Why has this happened? This remarkable book recounts for the first time a devastating episode in 1955 at Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, thathas led many pharmaceutical companies to abandon vaccine manufacture. Drawing on interviews with public health officials, pharmaceutical company executives, attorneys, Cutter employees, and victims of the vaccine, as well as on previously unavailable archives, Dr. Paul Offit offers a full account of the Cutter disaster. He describes the nation's relief when the polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk in 1955, the production of the vaccine at industrial facilities such as the one operated by Cutter, and the tragedy that occurred when 200,000 people were inadvertently injected with live virulent polio virus: 70,000 became ill, 200 were permanently paralyzed, and 10 died. Dr. Offit also explores how, as a consequence of the tragedy, one jury's verdict set in motion events that eventually suppressed the production of vaccines already licensed and deterred the development of new vaccines that hold the promise of preventing other fatal diseases.

Wade Hampton Frost, Pioneer Epidemiologist, 1880-1938

Thomas M. Daniel
Wade Hampton Frost Pioneer Epidemiologist 1880 1938 Book PDF

Author : Thomas M. Daniel
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Epidemiologists
ISBN : 1580461778

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Wade Hampton Frost, Pioneer Epidemiologist, 1880-1938 by Thomas M. Daniel Pdf

Wade Hampton Frost was the first Professor of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University in the first Department of Epidemiology in the United States. A Virginian and a graduate of the University of Virginia, Frost began his remarkable career with two decades of service in the United States Public Health Service. He investigated epidemics of yellow fever, typhoid, polio, streptococcal sore throat, meningitis, and influenza. His greatest contributions during this part of his career were the recognition that mild and asymptomatic childhood polio produced life-long immunity and the development of methods for tracking influenza epidemics. He was recruited to Johns Hopkins in 1919, where, as a professor at the School of Hygiene and Public Health, he trained many of the future leaders of American public health programs. He made substantial contributions to epidemiologic methodology including developing the concept of an index case during investigations of tuberculosis in Tennessee, the use of life-table methods for estimating secondary attack rates, the use of age cohorts for longitudinal studies, and, in collaboration with Lowell Reed, the first mathematical expression of the epidemic curve. Thomas M. Daniel's biography tells the story of Frost's life and work. Drawing of Frost's personal papers and recorded interviews with his colleagues deposited in the Frost Archives at the University of Virginia Medical Center as well as material from the Fauquier County Heritage Society and Johns Hopkins University, Daniel recounts the story of Frost's life and provides many insights into the personal characteristics of his subject. Daniel also reviews Frost's work, examining his published papers and archived teaching notes to elucidate the scope of and manner in which Frost made his seminal contributions to epidemiology and public health. George Comstock, Emeritus Centennial Alumni Professor of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins has provided an introduction. Thomas M. Daniel is Professor Emeritus of Medicin

Shh... Shh... Shabbat

Linda Elovitz Marshall
Shh Shh Shabbat Book PDF

Author : Linda Elovitz Marshall
Publisher : Kar-Ben Publishing
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Animals
ISBN : 9781467758734

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Shh... Shh... Shabbat by Linda Elovitz Marshall Pdf

Squirrel, Mouse, Turtle, Worm, Thrush, and Frog listen to the noisy sounds of each day of the week until the quiet of Shabbat arrives in this alliterative board book.

Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine

Katherine E. Krohn
Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine Book PDF

Author : Katherine E. Krohn
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Graphic novels
ISBN : 0736864830

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Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine by Katherine E. Krohn Pdf

"In graphic novel format, tells the story of Jonas Salk's involvement in the development of a polio vaccine"--Provided by publisher.

Jonas Salk

Peggy J. Parks
Jonas Salk Book PDF

Author : Peggy J. Parks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:03004504

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Jonas Salk by Peggy J. Parks Pdf

A biography of the scientist and humanitarian who discovered the vaccine for polio, a disease which crippled many people in the early part of the twentieth century.