# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Whooping Cough Vaccines: A Century of Good Science and Bad with Dr David Miles
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 28 Jul, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: A hundred years ago, whooping cough killed more than one in every hundred children born in Europe. Eighty years ago, two women in Grand Rapids, Michigan, developed the vaccine that stopped it. All it took was years of working evenings and weekends, an army of volunteer healthcare workers and lab technicians funded by donations from local businesses. Fifty years ago, their whooping cough vaccine was at the centre of a scare that ushered in the modern antivaccine movement. The story of the whooping cough vaccine is a story of good science, bad science and of the limitations of science when applied to anything as complicated as human beings.

David Miles is an infectious disease immunologist who spent ten years researching immunity to infections and the vaccinations that protect against them in various parts of Africa. He now lives in London and teaches on the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s online postgraduate course. His first popular science book, How Vaccines Work, was published in March 2023 and his second, Sneeze: The History and Science of the Common Cold, was published in March 2026.

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- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/whooping-cough-vaccines-a-century-of-good-science-and-bad-with-dr-david-miles/200030261825726
- **Event Categories**: science-fair, workshops, nonprofit, virtual
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Cambridge
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Blue Moon
- **lat**: 52.204798163218
- **long**: 0.13658874634878
- **full address**: The Blue Moon, 2 Norfolk Street,Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Whooping Cough Vaccines: A Century of Good Science and Bad with Dr David Miles being held?
  - **A:** Whooping Cough Vaccines: A Century of Good Science and Bad with Dr David Miles takes place on Tue, 28 Jul, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Tue, 28 Jul, 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Blue Moon, 2 Norfolk Street,Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Whooping Cough Vaccines: A Century of Good Science and Bad with Dr David Miles?
  - **A:** Whooping Cough Vaccines: A Century of Good Science and Bad with Dr David Miles is organized by Cambridge Skeptics.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Whooping Cough Vaccines: A Century of Good Science and Bad with Dr David Miles is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Cambridge, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Whooping Cough Vaccines: A Century of Good Science and Bad with Dr David Miles sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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