Vaccination has long been a familiar, highly effective form of medicine and a triumph of public health. Because vaccination is both an individual medical intervention and a central component of public health efforts, it raises a distinct set of legal and ethical issues -- from debates over their risks and benefits to the use of government vaccination requirements -- and makes vaccine policymaking uniquely challenging. This volume examines the full range of ethical and policy issues related to the development and use of vaccines in the United States and around the world. Forty essays,...

But since their discovery two centuries ago, vaccines have been dogged by pockets of persistent distrust among those who are skeptical of their science or who find compulsory immunization at odds with personal liberty. The rise of these voices in contemporary culture has contributed to trends of vaccine delay and...

By the Supreme Court's own admission, vaccines are inherently unsafe. Within these pages Dr. Rasmussen reveals a shocking secret that government and drug companies do not want you to know.

Vaccines are often dangerous, unpredictable, and rife with contaminants. They can cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD), cancer, lowered IQ, autoimmune diseases, cognitive disorders, and neurodegenerative illnesses.

It's an established fact that drug companies have devolved into rapacious engines of greed. Tragically, their blood money has...

Using science-informed analysis alongside original art and powerful essays, health science leader Timothy Caulfield debunks the myths and false assumptions about vaccination safety and effectiveness. Accessible, informative, and entertaining, The Vaccination Picture tells the true story of vaccines, their uses,...

Honorable Mention, 2017 ESS Mirra Komarovsky Book Award presented by the Eastern Sociological Society

Outstanding Book Award for the Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity presented by the American Sociological Association

A rich, multi-faceted examination into the attitudes and beliefs of parents who choose not to immunize their children

In The HPV Vaccine, Mary Holland and Kim Mack Rosenberg, expert researchers on the making, marketing, and safety of vaccines, assess the quick popularity of the...

The topic of vaccination is fraught with intrigue and complexities. Since vaccination's first appearance in Western medicine, the controversy between those warning of its danger and those espousing its utility has endured. Perhaps no professional body has been more consistent in articulating its concerns than the Naturopaths of the early 20th century. Indeed, the issue of vaccination safety and efficacy has a special place in the history of Naturopathy not only because of the strong energy, convictions and polarities it conjures, but also because the very issue galvanized the early...