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Booster shots : the urgent lessons of measles and the uncertain future of children's health  Cover Image Book Book

Booster shots : the urgent lessons of measles and the uncertain future of children's health / Adam Ratner, MD, MPH.

Ratner, Adam J., (author.).

Summary:

"A pediatrician and infectious disease specialist warns of the resurgence of measles, the anti-vax movement, and how we can prepare for the next pandemic"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593330869
  • ISBN: 0593330862
  • Physical Description: xxvi, 261 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2025]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Meet the measles -- Storytelling -- Panum's map -- Contagion in the service of empire -- Crowded, poor, malnourished -- Making nothing happen -- Vaccines don't save lives. Vaccinations save lives -- Imperfect tools -- Amnesia -- Banner years -- Booster shots -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Subject: Measles > History.
Communicable diseases > Prevention.
Vaccination > Public opinion.
Rougeole > Histoire.
Maladies infectieuses > Prévention.
Vaccination > Opinion publique.
SCIENCE / History.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Children & Adolescents.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Contagious (incl. Pandemics)
Genre: Informational works.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Homer Public Library 614.523 RAT (Text) 000177002 New Books Checked out 05/01/2025


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