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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Engrossing true stories of the pioneers of epidemiology who risked their lives to find the source of deadly diseases--now revised to include updated information and a new chapter on Covid-19. More people have died in disease epidemics than in wars or other disasters, but the process of identifying these diseases and determining how they spread is often a terrifying gamble. Epidemiologists have been ignored, mocked, or silenced all while trying to...
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Public sanitation and antibiotic drugs have brought about historic increases in the human life span; they have also unintentionally produced new health crises by disrupting the intimate, age-old balance between humans and the microorganisms that inhabit our bodies and our environment. As a result, antibiotic resistance now ranks among the gravest medical problems of modern times. [This book] addresses not only this issue but also what has become known...
63) Dead asleep
Author
Series
Emma Caldridge thrillers volume 4
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"Biochemist Emma Caldridge comes to a remote tropical island in the Caribbean in search of minerals believed to reverse the aging process. What she finds instead are the bloody remnants of a bizarre religious ritual. And here, where the local people speak in whispers about sea monsters, ancient voodoo curses, and rampaging evil, she discovers something far more real . . . and more terrifying. One by one, the island's innocent inhabitants are descending...
64) Flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it
Author
Pub. Date
1999.
Description
"Unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. Kolata tracks the race to recover the live pathogen and probes the fear that has impelled government policy. She delves into the history of the flu and previous epidemics, profiles the experts hot on the trail and the amateurs woefully misguided, and details the science and the latest understanding of this mortal disease." -- Jacket
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"The Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a third of the people on Earth--from the poorest immigrants of New York City to the king of Spain, Franz Kafka, Mahatma Gandhi and Woodrow Wilson. But despite a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people, it exists in our memory as an afterthought to World War I. In this gripping narrative history, Laura Spinney traces the overlooked pandemic to reveal...
66) The key to fear
Author
Series
Key volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Touch is lethal. Love is dangerous. Nobody is safe. For fifty years, the Key Corporation has defended humanity against a deadly plague that spreads through touch. Lovers don't hold hands, or even kiss. Personal boundaries are valued above all. Break the laws, and you'll face execution. Elodie, a talented young nurse, believes in the mission of the Key and has never questioned the laws that control her life. But Elodie is forced to break the rules...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Chickenpox is a common illness for kids. It is known for its spotted rash! All About Chickenpox helps kids find out the symptoms of chickenpox and how to feel better. Easy-to-read text, fascinating photographs, and colorful graphics help young readers explore what's going on inside of them while learning key science concepts.
69) Fire will fall
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 20
Description
Moved to a mansion in the South Jersey Pine Barrens, four teenagers, trying to recover from being poisoned by terrorists, struggle with health issues, personal demons, and supernatural events, as operatives try to track down the terror cell.
71) COVID-19
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
COVID-19 swept across the world in 2020, causing millions of deaths and changing daily life for nearly everyone on the planet. Scientists worked quickly to create a vaccine and stop the pandemic. COVID-19 explores the history and science behind this disease, as well as how it's treated.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022].
Description
The story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Breathless is the story of SARS-CoV-2 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists who study its origin, its ever-changing nature, and its capacity to kill us. David Quammen expertly shows how strange new viruses emerge from animals into humans as we disrupt...
75) Pandemic
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Series
The Extinction Files volume 1
Description
In Africa, a mysterious outbreak spreads quickly. Teams from the CDC and WHO respond, but they soon learn that there is more to the epidemic than they believed. It may be the beginning of a global experiment--an event that will change the human race forever.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"WHO reports that infectious diseases typically kill more than 17 million people a year around the globe. That number recently increased with the emergence of the first global pandemic in more than a century, the COVID-19 outbreak, which had killed more than 2.8 million people by April 2021. The number of infectious diseases is on the rise. Thirty new diseases have emerged in the last twenty years, including SARS and MERS. For many of these new diseases,...
77) Cabin fever
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Description
Five friends celebrate their college graduation by driving to a remote cabin in the woods to enjoy their last days of summer. When one of them contracts a grisly and deadly sickness that causes her skin to fester and burn, the others soon realize if they get too close, they may be next. What begins as a struggle against disease, soon turns into a battle of friend against friend as the fear of the contagion increases.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Profiles various pandemics that have struck the world in years past, such as the Black Death and influenza. Details efforts to contend with these diseases over the years and develop new medicines to combat illness. Considers how major pandemics may shape our future and features color illustrations throughout.
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