Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases
His goal—to prevent every disease that commonly attacked children—was unattainable. But Maurice Hilleman came close.
Maurice Hilleman is the father of modern vaccines. Chief among his accomplishment…
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