Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Vaccine Basics 5Chapter 1: Focusing on Vaccine Fundamentals 7Chapter 2: The (Non) Life of a Virus 17Chapter 3: The Crowned Virus: Coronavirus 31Chapter 4: Bacterial Bad Guys 57Part 2: Verifying Valuable Vaccines 67Chapter 5: Distinguishing and Testing Different Vaccines 69Chapter 6: Tracking the Current List of Effective Vaccines 85Chapter 7: What to Expect When You're Vaccinating 105Part 3: Scheduling Safety 123Chapter 8: Vaccines for Children 125Chapter 9: Vaccines for Adults 147Chapter 10: Spelling Out Who May Face Risks 161Chapter 11: Anti-Vaxxers and Debunking Myths About Vaccines 175Part 4: The Part of Tens 191Chapter 12: Five People Who Created Ten (Or More) Modern Vaccines 193Chapter 13: Ten Diseases Without Vaccines, from A to Z 199Chapter 14: The Ten Most Lethal Major Pandemics 211Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Boost Your Immune System 219Index 225
Megan Coffee, MD, PhD, is a faculty member at the Grossman School of Medicine at New York University Hospital. She is an attending physician in infectious diseases at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and teaches on communicable diseases in humanitarian crises at Columbia University. She collaborates with a team at NYU to better predict disease severity in COVID.
Sharon Perkins, RN, is the co-author of more than 10 For Dummies titles including Pregnancy For Dummies, Healthy Aging For Dummies, Dad's Guide to Baby's First Year For Dummies, and most recently, Getting Pregnant For Dummies.
