Paul Offit

Paul A. Offit, MD, is a professor of pediatrics and Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. His most recent book is Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong.

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SCIENTIFIC METHOD

How ‘Contagion’ Pushed Hollywood to Get Science Right

The movie wasn’t afraid to show failure as scientists struggled to race to find an antidote to a global epidemic—a refreshingly honest depiction of science in real life.

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Mississippi Miracle

Unhealthiest State in America Has the Best Vaccination Rate

A 6-year-old boy in the state and a clever legal argument in 1979 combined to make Mississippi the nation’s leader in childhood vaccines.

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get your anti-equinators

The First Smallpox Vaccine Wasn’t What We Thought It Was

Edward Jenner figured out the connection between smallpox and humans from a milkmaid’s blistered hands. But it turns out cows aren’t actually the key to smallpox immunity.

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