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How does one learn to become an effective advocate on public health issues?  “To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate: The Story of Hamilton, Columbia” introduces the reader to the fictional US state of Columbia and its legislature’s dilemma over whether to…

In February 2014, Michael Schrader, chief executive of Vaxess Technologies, Inc., was assessing the startup health care company’s 2014 marketing plan. On December 31st, 2013, Vaxess had obtained an exclusive license to a series of patents for a…

This case highlights the challenges of managing externalities and sovereignty through the example of pandemic flu. Recent outbreaks of both the H5N1 and H1N1 influenza strains have illustrated that the global institutions charged with preventing and…

Dale Morse, MD, MS, could feel the tension rising in the room. He was chair of a special meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) called for July, 2009, that would make recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on…