Outbreak: A Tale of Vaccines in 2019

How do vaccines work? What happens when new diseases emerge? Why are outbreaks of nearly eradicated diseases happening in 2019? Pediatrician and vaccine scientist Dr. Peter Hotez explains.

Show Notes

Peter Jay Hotez, M.D., Ph.D.,is the founding dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also a professor in the departments of pediatrics and molecular virology & microbiology. He is a health policy scholar in Baylor’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development. 

 

For more information on the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine: https://www.bcm.edu/education/schools/national-school-of-tropical-medicine

 

For links referenced in this episode:

• https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/index.html
• https://www.researchamerica.org/news-events/81-percent-americans-can’t-name-single-living-scientist
• https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/vaccines-did-not-cause-rachels-autism

See below for more of Dr. Hotez’s research: 

• Transmission-Blocking Vaccines for Malaria: Time to Talk about Vaccine Introduction
• Pediatric tropical medicine: The neglected diseases of children
• Female genital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS: Reversing the neglect of girls and women

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