{"product_id":"hep-b","title":"The Hep B Chronicles: The Story of a Virus, a Vaccine, and Industrial-Sized Vats of Genetically Modified Baker’s Yeast (Medical System Corruption)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe dark history of the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery year, millions of American newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine within hours of birth. But how many parents know the details of the strange history behind that first injection?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho decided that a vaccine originally developed for adults at risk of hepatitis B infection should be administered routinely to newborn babies? What scientific evidence supported that decision? Where is the safety data? And what roles did pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, and international politics play in bringing the vaccine into American delivery rooms?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hep B Chronicles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Ken McCarthy pulls back the curtain on a little-known chapter of modern medical history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the shadow of the AIDS epidemic to the laboratories where vaccines were developed, from pharmaceutical boardrooms to public health bureaucracies , McCarthy traces the people, policies, and commercial forces that helped shape one of America's most consequential childhood vaccination programs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe questions become more provocative as the investigation unfolds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat exactly is in the syringe, and how is it manufactured?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat did pediatricians think when universal infant vaccination was first proposed?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow thoroughly was the vaccine tested before its widespread adoption?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd how did a medical intervention developed for a specific infectious disease become a routine procedure for virtually every American newborn?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on historical documents, scientific research, and the public record, McCarthy challenges conventional narratives about the hepatitis B vaccine and examines controversies surrounding its development, regulation, manufacturing, and safety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is a provocative investigation into the intersection of medicine, money, science, and government—and a challenge to readers to examine the evidence and competing interpretations for themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSome medical decisions become so routine that we stop asking how they came to be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hep B Chronicles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks readers to revisit those decisions, investigate the history, and consider the questions that Ken McCarthy believes deserve greater public scrutiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBecause every parent deserves to understand the history behind the choices made for their children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ken McCarthy","offers":[{"title":"ENG- English \/ Book","offer_id":68355542089839,"sku":null,"price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ENG- English \/ Book + Mild Snoot! 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