Vaccines and Your Family

Paul A. Offit, MD, is the director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as well as the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an internationally recognized vaccine expert and the coinventor of a rotavirus vaccine.Charlotte A. Moser, MS, is codirector of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and creator of Parents PACK, the center’s program for the public. She has spent more than two decades designing content and resources that answer pressing vaccine questions and has published numerous scientific papers related to disease prevention, immunology, and vaccines.

• Questions People Have About VaccinesGeneral QuestionsSafetyIngredientsThe Immune SystemPractical ConsiderationsIndividual VaccinesVaccines in the First Year of LifeVaccines in the Second Year of LifeVaccines for Three- to Six-year-oldsVaccines for Seven- to Eighteen-year-oldsVaccines for AdultsThe Vaccine ScheduleAppendixesSelected ResourcesAbout the AuthorsIndex

Quite simply, the absolute best resource on vaccination available. The most authoritative two voices I know of answer every question, doubt, hope, and fear that anyone concerned about vaccinating their kids or themselves can imagine. This book belongs on the shelf or electronic reader of every parent, anyone who has parents, anyone thinking of becoming a parent, and anyone made nervous by what they see about vaccines on social media.