The Polio Pioneer
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The Polio Pioneer
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Author : Linda Elovitz Marshall
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2020-08-18
The Polio Pioneer written by Linda Elovitz Marshall and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-18 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A SYDNEY TAYLOR NOTABLE BOOK • Learn about the importance of vaccines and the scientific process through the fascinating life of world-renowned scientist Jonas Salk, whose pioneering discoveries changed the world forever. Dr. Jonas Salk is one of the most celebrated doctors and medical researchers of the 20th century. The child of immigrants who never learned to speak English, Jonas was struck by the devastation he saw when the soldiers returned from battle after WWII. Determined to help, he worked to become a doctor and eventually joined the team that created the influenza vaccine. But Jonas wanted to do more. As polio ravaged the United States--even the president was not immune!--Jonas decided to lead the fight against this terrible disease. In 1952, Dr. Jonas Salk invented the polio vaccine, which nearly eliminated polio from this country. For the rest of his life, Dr. Salk continued to do groundbreaking medical research at the Salk Institute, leaving behind a legacy that continues to make the world a better place every day. This compelling picture book biography sheds light on Dr. Salk's groundbreaking journey and the importance of vaccination.
Jonas Salk
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Author : Corinne J. Naden
language : en
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Release Date : 2001-01-01
Jonas Salk written by Corinne J. Naden and has been published by Lerner Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Chronicles the life and work of Jonas Salk, the scientist who developed the vaccine that conquered polio.
Polio
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Author : Thomas Abraham
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-29
Polio written by Thomas Abraham and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-29 with Medical categories.
In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a twelve-year campaign to wipe out polio. Thirty years and several billion dollars over budget later, the campaign grinds on, vaccinating millions of children and hoping that each new year might see an end to the disease. But success remains elusive, against a surprisingly resilient virus, an unexpectedly weak vaccine and the vagaries of global politics, meeting with indifference from governments and populations alike. How did an innocuous campaign to rid the world of a crippling disease become a hostage of geopolitics? Why do parents refuse to vaccinate their children against polio? And why have poorly paid door-to-door healthworkers been assassinated? Thomas Abraham reports on the ground in search of answers.
Jonas Salk
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Author : Peggy J. Parks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Jonas Salk written by Peggy J. Parks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
A biography of the scientist and humanitarian who discovered the vaccine for polio, a disease which crippled many people in the early part of the twentieth century.
Pioneer Science And The Great Plagues
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Author : Norman F. Cheville
language : en
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Release Date : 2021-03-15
Pioneer Science And The Great Plagues written by Norman F. Cheville and has been published by Purdue University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-15 with Science categories.
Pioneer Science and the Great Plagues covers the century when infectious plagues—anthrax, tuberculosis, tetanus, plague, smallpox, and polio—were conquered, and details the important role that veterinary scientists played. The narrative is driven by astonishing events that centered on animal disease: the influenza pandemic of 1872, discovery of the causes of anthrax and tuberculosis in the 1880s, conquest of Texas cattle fever and then yellow fever, German anthrax attacks on the United States during World War I, the tuberculin war of 1931, Japanese biological warfare in the 1940s, and today’s bioterror dangers. Veterinary science in the rural Midwest arose from agriculture, but in urban Philadelphia it came from medicine; similar differences occurred in Canada between Toronto and Montreal. As land-grant colleges were established after the American Civil War, individual states followed divergent pathways in supporting veterinary science. Some employed a trade school curriculum that taught agriculturalists to empirically treat animal diseases and others emphasized a curriculum tied to science. This pattern continued for a century, but today some institutions have moved back to the trade school philosophy. Avoiding lessons of the 1910 Flexner Report on medical education reform, university-associated veterinary schools are being approved that do not have control of their own veterinary hospitals, diagnostic laboratories, and research institutes—components that are critical for training students in science. Underlying this change were twin idiosyncrasies of culture—disbelief in science and distrust of government—that spawned scientology, creationism, anti-vaccination movements, and other anti-science scams. As new infectious plagues continue to arise, Pioneer Science and the Great Plagues details the strategies we learned defeating plagues from 1860 to 1960—and the essential role veterinary science played. To defeat the plagues of today it is essential we avoid the digital cocoon of disbelief in science and cultural stasis now threatening progress.
Jonas Salk Medical Innovator And Polio Vaccine Developer
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Author : Sheila Griffin Llanas
language : en
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Release Date : 2013-09-01
Jonas Salk Medical Innovator And Polio Vaccine Developer written by Sheila Griffin Llanas and has been published by ABDO Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This biography examines the remarkable life of Jonas Salk using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about Salk's family background, childhood, education, groundbreaking research, and creation of the polio vaccine. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Jonas Salk And The Polio Vaccine
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Author : Katherine Krohn
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2006-07
Jonas Salk And The Polio Vaccine written by Katherine Krohn and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
In graphic novel format, tells the story of Jonas Salk's involvement in the development of a polio vaccine.
Jonas Salk
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Author : Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
Jonas Salk written by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"He first full biography of Jonas Salk offers a complete picture of the enigmatic figure, from his early years working on an influenza vaccine--for which he never fully got credit--to his seminal creation of the Polio vaccine, up through his later work to find a cure for AIDS"--
Jonas Salk
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Author : Carmen Bredeson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Jonas Salk written by Carmen Bredeson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Poliomyelitis vaccine categories.
Discusses the life and accomplishments of Jonas Salk, including his discovery of the vaccine against polio and his work on influenza and AIDS.
The Vaccine Race
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Author : Meredith Wadman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2017-02-07
The Vaccine Race written by Meredith Wadman and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-07 with Science categories.
"A real jewel of science history...brims with suspense and now-forgotten catastrophe and intrigue...Wadman’s smooth prose calmly spins a surpassingly complicated story into a real tour de force."—The New York Times “Riveting . . . [The Vaccine Race] invites comparison with Rebecca Skloot's 2007 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.”—Nature The epic and controversial story of a major breakthrough in cell biology that led to the conquest of rubella and other devastating diseases. Until the late 1960s, tens of thousands of American children suffered crippling birth defects if their mothers had been exposed to rubella, popularly known as German measles, while pregnant; there was no vaccine and little understanding of how the disease devastated fetuses. In June 1962, a young biologist in Philadelphia, using tissue extracted from an aborted fetus from Sweden, produced safe, clean cells that allowed the creation of vaccines against rubella and other common childhood diseases. Two years later, in the midst of a devastating German measles epidemic, his colleague developed the vaccine that would one day wipe out homegrown rubella. The rubella vaccine and others made with those fetal cells have protected more than 150 million people in the United States, the vast majority of them preschoolers. The new cells and the method of making them also led to vaccines that have protected billions of people around the world from polio, rabies, chicken pox, measles, hepatitis A, shingles and adenovirus. Meredith Wadman’s masterful account recovers not only the science of this urgent race, but also the political roadblocks that nearly stopped the scientists. She describes the terrible dilemmas of pregnant women exposed to German measles and recounts testing on infants, prisoners, orphans, and the intellectually disabled, which was common in the era. These events take place at the dawn of the battle over using human fetal tissue in research, during the arrival of big commerce in campus labs, and as huge changes take place in the laws and practices governing who “owns” research cells and the profits made from biological inventions. It is also the story of yet one more unrecognized woman whose cells have been used to save countless lives. With another frightening virus--measles--on the rise today, no medical story could have more human drama, impact, or urgency than The Vaccine Race.