Opposition to childhood vaccinations is increasing / Mike Cronin -- There are real dangers to vaccines / David Kupelian -- Vaccines may be the cause of autism / Kelly Patricia O'Meara -- Some parents feel they must lie to avoid vaccination of their children / Steve LeBlanc -- Many scientific studies of vaccine safety are flawed / Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- The cervical cancer vaccine has not been proven safe or effective / Cathy Gulli, Lianne George, and John Intini -- The benefits of vaccines far outweigh the risks / Aubrey Noelle Stimola -- Giving multiple vaccines to children is safe / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Anti-vaccine fanatics are free riders / Michael Fumento -- Vaccination controversy centers on the right to choose / Logan Molyneux -- Meningitis vaccination should be mandatory for college dorm residents / Katie Strickland -- All young girls should be vaccinated to prevent cervical cancer / Elizabeth M. Whelan -- Making cervical cancer vaccination mandatory is bad medicine / Lucinda Marshall -- The chickenpox vaccine is unnecessary and its safety is unproven / Andrew Schlafly -- New Jersey's new childhood vaccine mandates are indefensible / Deirdre Imus -- Compulsory vaccination eliminates normal checks on government power / Mark Blaxill and Barbara Loe Fisher -- Push to mandate new vaccines comes from profit-driven industry / Evelyn Pringle --

Anthrax vaccine is necessary to protect services members / Stephanie L. Carl -- High-risk situations justify government restrictions on liberty / Lawrence O. Gostin -- Service members should not be ordered to risk damage to their health / Bob Evans -- Mandatory anthrax vaccination has caused many serious illnesses / Greg Gordon -- Compulsory vaccination against bioterrorist attacks is unjustified / Tom Jefferson -- Lives could be saved by more vaccination of adolescents and adults / Steve Baragona -- Measles is a major cause of death among unvaccinated children in Africa / William J. Moss -- Children infected with HIV need access to pneumonia vaccine / Orin Levine and Paul Zeitz -- More women should be enrolled in HIV preventive vaccine trials / Edward Mills ... [et al.] -- Experimental AIDS vaccines have not been successful / John Lauerman -- A malaria vaccine is desperately needed in Africa / Michael Finkel -- Vaccines are being developed to treat cancer / Michelle Meadows -- New vaccines may help to stop smoking, drug use, and overeating / Ronald Kotulak.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-211) and index.