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The
Wistar Institute’s 2007 Authors Series
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
7 p.m.
Arthur Allen
Discusses His New Book
VACCINE: The Controversial Story of Medicine’s
Greatest Lifesaver
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• Free and open to the public — Registration
required
•Registration required: Contact Lee Christine Shurtz at 215-898-3790 or shurtz@wistar.org
• Book signing to follow
•The Joseph Fox Bookshop will provide books for sale at the event.
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Vaccines are credited with the decline and eradication of dangerous diseases worldwide. In spite of this, the number of parents refusing to vaccinate their children for different reasons has doubled in the past decade. Apprehensions about vaccines, however, are not new. In his book, VACCINE: The Controversial Story of Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver, Arthur Allen explores the social resistance to vaccines through history.
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About the Author:
Arthur Allen, a former Associated Press foreign correspondent, has written for the New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and Salon. He writes Slate’s “Risk” column and lives in Washington, DC.
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