Vaccines help us to ward off diseases that used to fell humans: mumps, measles, malaria, even the plague. The flu shot -- when scientists get the mix right -- helps keep influenza at bay. And when devastating diseases like Ebola wreck havoc,the race is on to find a vaccine. On this Science Cafe edition of the Sound of Ideas, we talk about the science behind vaccines and their impact on society now and in the future.

Guests:

James W. Kazura, MD Director, Center for Global Health & Diseases and International Affairs in Health Sciences and Professor of International Health and Medicine at CWRU

Arlene Dent, MD/PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Center for Global Health & Diseases

Katie Corrigan, District Registered Nurse for Lakewood City Schools