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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Growing up in a small Hungarian town, Kati Karikó was curious about everything. As an adult, she channeled her curiosity into her work as a scientist. An mRNA vaccine had never been made before, and she faced frequent criticism and was told by other scientists she would never succeed. After many years of hard work and dedication, she figured out how to use mRNA to make a vaccine--and when a deadly virus called COVID-19 started infecting millions...
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English
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Many people sincerely believe that all vaccines are safe, adverse reactions are rare, and no peer-reviewed scientific studies exist showing that vaccines can cause harm. This book - Miller's Review of Critical Vaccine Studies - provides the other side of the story that is not commonly told. It contains summaries of 400 important scientific papers to help parents and researchers enhance their understanding of vaccinations.
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Big ideas that changed the world volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A Shot in the Arm!, book 3 in the Big Ideas that Changed the World series, is the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious disease. Beginning with smallpox-perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date-and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera, and influenza. The book is narrated...
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English
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"Winners of the Paul Ehrlich Prize The dramatic story of the married scientists who founded BioNTech and developed the first vaccine against COVID-19. Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Ugur Sahin told Özlem Türeci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of the year. His confidence was...
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Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A vibrant cultural history investigating the tangled and complex history of pandemics and vaccines, by bestselling author and historian Simon Schama."--
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Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 406 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Breathless is the story of SARS-CoV-2 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists who study its origin, its ever-changing nature, and its capacity to kill us. David Quammen expertly shows how strange new viruses emerge from animals into humans as we disrupt...
12) Vaccines
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Series
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Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c2011
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118 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of vaccines, from the earliest discovery to the developing understanding of the human immune system, and discusses the controversies over the safety of vaccines.
13) Virus y vacunas
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Series
Publisher
Beascoa
Pub. Date
©2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
Español
Description
¿Sabes qué son los virus, dónde viven y cómo? ¿Sabes por qué a veces es tan complicado luchar contra ellos? ¿Y sabes cómo se hacen las vacunas? Acompaña a Valentina y a la vaquita Pasteur en una nueva aventura ¡y lo aprenderás todo sobre los virus y las vacunas!
Do you know what viruses are, where they live and how? Do you know why it is sometimes so difficult to fight them? And do you know how vaccines are made? Join Valentina and the...
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2011
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xviii, 270 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
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English
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The story of anti-vaccine activity in America, its origins, leaders, influences, and impact. Discusses the damages caused by the anti-vaccine movement and argues the necessity of vaccinations for children to prevent such diseases as measles, mumps, and whooping cough.
Publisher
Turner Network Television
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (572 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the epic second-season cliffhanger, the highly anticipated third season finds the crew of the USS Nathan James shifting their attention to Asia after President Michener hears rumblings that the Chinese leader, President Peng, has been hoarding the "Scott cure" instead of distributing it to the people in the region.
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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xvii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
Description
"In 1994, Peter J. Hotez's nineteen-month-old daughter, Rachel, was diagnosed with autism. Dr. Hotez, a pediatrician-scientist who develops vaccines for neglected tropical diseases affecting the world's poorest people, became troubled by the decades-long rise of the influential anti-vaccine community and their inescapable narrative around childhood vaccines and autism. The alleged link between the two was first espoused in a fraudulent scientific...
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Series
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Measles, mumps, and rubella?oh my! Why are we vaccinating our children?and ourselves?against these diseases, and what goes on in our bodies after the needle comes out? Vaccines For Dummies will inform and entertain you about all things vax, including how the first vaccines were discovered, what?s in modern vaccines, how they are tested and approved for use, and why the CDC?s vaccine schedule is what it is. Inside, you?ll also find a complete guide...
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Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
136 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"Breakthrough chronicles the life, hard work, and accomplishments of Katalin Karikao, one of the pioneering mRNA researchers whose work led to COVID-19 vaccines, depicting her as an inspirational figure for readers interested in science"--
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Publisher
Portfolio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xxiii, 355 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The authoritative account of the race to produce the vaccines that are saving us all, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Man Who Solved the Market Few were ready when a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in Wuhan, China in January 2020. Politicians, government officials, business leaders, and public-health professionals were unprepared for the most devastating pandemic in a century. Many of the world’s biggest drug and vaccine...
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Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In Longshot, investigative journalist David Heath takes readers inside the small group of scientists whose groundbreaking work was once largely dismissed but whose feat will now eclipse the importance of Jonas Salk?s polio vaccine in medical history. With never-before-reported details, Heath reveals how these scientists overcame countless obstacles to give the world an unprecedented head start when we needed a COVID-19 vaccine. The story really begins...
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