Vaccines
Amazing medical breakthroughs are made every day. In the past decades, medical researchers have cured diseases that were once deadly and devised new methods to heal that were once unimaginable. This title follows the development of vaccines, including the race to stop polio, groundbreaking discoveries and the doctors who made them, and where the science is heading in the future. Learn how immunization and vaccines work and how scientists are making them safer. Sidebars, full-color photos, a glossary, and well-placed graphs, charts, and maps, enhance this engaging title. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Vaccines
Amazing medical breakthroughs are made every day. In the past decades, medical researchers have cured diseases that were once deadly and devised new methods to heal that were once unimaginable. This title follows the development of vaccines, including the race to stop polio, groundbreaking discoveries and the doctors who made them, and where the science is heading in the future. Learn how immunization and vaccines work and how scientists are making them safer. Sidebars, full-color photos, a glossary, and well-placed graphs, charts, and maps, enhance this engaging title. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Vaccines

Vaccines

by Carol Hand
Vaccines

Vaccines

by Carol Hand

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Amazing medical breakthroughs are made every day. In the past decades, medical researchers have cured diseases that were once deadly and devised new methods to heal that were once unimaginable. This title follows the development of vaccines, including the race to stop polio, groundbreaking discoveries and the doctors who made them, and where the science is heading in the future. Learn how immunization and vaccines work and how scientists are making them safer. Sidebars, full-color photos, a glossary, and well-placed graphs, charts, and maps, enhance this engaging title. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781617839054
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Publication date: 08/01/2013
Series: Medical Marvels
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 8.30(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile: 1070L (what's this?)
Age Range: 14 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Polio: Scourge of Summer 6

Chapter 2 Introducing Vaccines 18

Chapter 3 The Search for Vaccines 30

Chapter 4 Types of Vaccines 40

Chapter 5 Vaccines and Public Health 50

Chapter 6 The Process of Immunization 62

Chapter 7 The Anti-Vaccine Controversy 74

Chapter 8 Vaccines of Tomorrow 86

Timeline 100

Glossary 102

Additional Resources 104

Source Notes 106

Index 110

About the Author 112

About the Consultant 112

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