If the ability to save your child's life from raging deadly diseases like smallpox in the 1700's
was an easy simple choice, would you take it? How about polio in the 20 th century? A …

Public perceptions of vaccination have changed greatly since George Bernard Shaw
unleashed his diatribe against the practice. Today it is recognised that, far from spreading …

The worldwide spread of disease is a phenomenon that society has faced throughout
history. Well known pathogens, such as influenza, together with new threats, such as …

Among the greatest health advances for children in the 20th century were sanitation,
immunization, antibiotics, safe anaesthesia, oral rehydration. In 1940s, about 500 Irish …

Vaccination has been cited as the most effective method of preventing the spread of
infectious disease, and it has been credited with the eradication of such horrendous and …

A baby born today in most developed countries can look forward to an average life span of
nearly 80 years, almost 25 years longer than a baby born in 1900. While improvements in …

Vaccines have led us out of the Age of Darkness into the Age of Enlightenment. Because of
vaccines, children no longer have to routinely suffer diseases like meningitis, hepatitis …

For most Americans, vaccination is an ordinary and accepted part of medical care. Walk into
any pediatrician's office and you can witness the humdrum of checkups and the vaccines …

The history of anti-vaccination movements is long and instructive. We can trace its
beginnings back to late eighteenth century England and the practice of vaccinating against …

Vaccination as a deliberate attempt to protect humans against disease has a short history
when measured against the centuries during which man has sought desperately to rid …