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Book club

The #VaccinesWork Book Club is home to reviews, interviews and recommendations of some of our favourite books, podcasts, films and documentaries focused on vaccination and global health.

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Human cells in which RNA-processing proteins show up as red, and chromosomes show up as blue. These colored speckles disassemble and reassemble during cell division (center cell). Credit: NIH/Flickr

Book Review: The Strangers Within Us

1 Dec 2025

6 min read

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In London, a member of the public observes the National Covid Memorial Wall on March 9, 2025. Visual: Ben Montgomery/Getty Images

Book Review: The Urgent Quest to Prevent the Next Pandemic

24 Nov 2025

7 min read

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Dr Seth Berkley at a vaccination session. Credit: Gavi

A vaccine visionary reflects: Seth Berkley's global memoir is a shot worth taking

24 Oct 2025

3 min read

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A Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility test. Credit: CDC/Unsplash

Book Review: The Mixed Blessing of Antibiotics

21 Oct 2025

7 min read

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Scientist examining petri dish of bacteria. Credit: E+ via Getty Images

Book Review: The Precarious Dance of Humans and Microbes

10 Jun 2025

7 min read

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In the 2014 Ebola epidemic in Liberia, residents of the West Point slum were quarantined by the government behind closed gates. Visual: John Moore/Getty Images

Book Review: How plagues are intertwined with social justice

15 Apr 2025

6 min read

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This summer’s top five health podcasts

22 Aug 2023

3 min read

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Review: Crip Camp

2 May 2023

5 min read

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Book Review: How Misinformation Acts Like a Virus

5 Apr 2023

7 min read

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Book Review: The Stuff We’re Made Of

10 Feb 2023

6 min read

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For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug,” by Nathan Vardi (W. W. Norton &amp; Company, 288 pages)

Book Review: Behind Wall Street’s Huge Gamble on Cancer Drugs

27 Jan 2023

7 min read

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The accompanying article is excerpted and adapted from “BREATHLESS: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus,” by David Quammen. Copyright ©2022 by David Quammen. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Book Excerpt: It’s not just humans at risk from COVID-19

19 Oct 2022

15 min read

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