Like reading about the life of your grandfather, if your grandfather happened to have a hand in the development of vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, pneumococcus, meningococcus, and Haemophilus influenzae type b. An account of the life of Maurice Hilleman, a leading vaccine researcher and ultimately head of the Merck Institute of Vaccinology. This book also provides a succinct discussion of the development and use of vaccines, their public health impact, and surrounding ethical questions.
An amazing fact I didn't know: In the early 1960s measles killed 8 million children every year. It still kills 500,000 children a year.
Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases
Paul A. Offit
2007
Available from Amazon
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