<P>If you have a child in school you may have heard stories of long-dormant diseases suddenly reappearing — cases of measles mumps rubella and whooping cough cropping up everywhere from elementary schools to Ivy League universities because a select group of parents refuses to vaccinate their children.</P><P><I>Between Hope and Fear</I> tells the remarkable story of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases and their social and political implications. While detailing the history of vaccine invention Michael Kinch reveals the ominous reality that our victories against vaccine-preventable diseases are not permanent — and could easily be undone. In the tradition of John Barry’s <I>The Great Influenza</I> and Siddhartha Mukherjee’s <I>The Emperor of All Maladies</I> <I>Between Hope and Fear</I> relates the remarkable intersection of science technology and disease that has helped eradicate many of the deadliest plagues known to man.</P>
