Fear And The Coming Plague
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Fear And The Coming Plague
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Author : Margaret V. du Bray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Fear And The Coming Plague written by Margaret V. du Bray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with AIDS (Disease) categories.
The Coming Plague
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Author : Laurie Garrett
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 1994-10-31
The Coming Plague written by Laurie Garrett and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-10-31 with Social Science categories.
A New York Times bestseller The definitive account of the infectious diseases threatening humanity by Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist Laurie Garrett "Prodigiously researched . . . A frightening vision of the future and a deeply unsettling one." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times After decades spent assuming that the conquest of infectious disease was imminent, people on all continents now find themselves besieged by AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, cholera that defies chlorine water treatment, and exotic viruses that can kill in a matter of hours. Relying on extensive interviews with leading experts in virology, molecular biology, disease ecology, and medicine, as well as field research in sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe, Central America, and the United States, Laurie Garrett's The Coming Plague takes readers from the savannas of eastern Bolivia to the rain forests of the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo on a harrowing, fifty year journey through the history of our battles with microbes. This book is a work of investigative reportage like no other and a wake-up call to a world that has become complacent in the face of infectious disease—one that offers a sobering and prescient warning about the dangers of ignoring the coming plague.
The Coming Plague
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Author : Laurie Garrett
language : en
Publisher: Virago Press
Release Date : 2020-07-30
The Coming Plague written by Laurie Garrett and has been published by Virago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-30 with categories.
Ebola
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Author : Laurie Garrett
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-11-18
Ebola written by Laurie Garrett and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-18 with Medical categories.
Where does Ebola originate? How does it spread? And what should governments do to stop it? Few people understand the answers to these questions better than Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Laurie Garrett. In this masterful account of the 1995 Ebola outbreak in Zaire, Garrett, now the Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, shows how superstition and fear, compounded by a lack of resources, education, and clearheaded government planning have plagued our response to Ebola. In an extensive new introduction, Garrett forcefully argues that learning from past outbreaks is the key to solving the Ebola crisis of 2014. In her account of the 1995 Zaire outbreak, first published in her bestselling book Betrayal of Trust, Garrett takes readers through the epidemic's course-beginning with the Kikwit villager who first contracted it from an animal encounter while chopping wood for charcoal deep in the forest. As she documents the outbreak in riveting detail, Garrett shows why our trust in world governments to protect people's health has been irrevocably broken. She details the international community's engagement in the epidemic's aftermath: a pattern of response and abandonment, urgency that devolves into amnesia. Ebola: Story of an Outbreak is essential reading for anyone who wants to comprehend Ebola, one of mankind's most mysterious, malicious scourges. Garrett has issued a powerful call for governments, citizens, and the disease-fighting agencies of the wealthy world to take action.
The Coming Plague Diseases Disasters In A World Out Of Balance
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Author : Laurie Garrett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
The Coming Plague Diseases Disasters In A World Out Of Balance written by Laurie Garrett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
The Next Plague And How Science Will Stop It
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Author : Alex Berezow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-05-04
The Next Plague And How Science Will Stop It written by Alex Berezow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-04 with categories.
One hundred and fifty years ago, a scientific revolution occurred: Researchers figured out that disease is not spread by "bad air" but by infectious microorganisms. This insight changed the world. Through a combination of vaccination, pasteurization, and water chlorination -- in addition to improved sanitation and hygiene -- infectious disease has largely become an afterthought in the developed world.However, pathogens aren't entirely gone. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are on the rise. An influenza pandemic is an ever-present threat. Bizarre viruses from obscure parts of the world are creeping into our cities. Many public health officials fear that complacency could make us susceptible to another plague. The good news is that we can stop it, if we arm ourselves with science and vigilance.
Plagues And Epidemics
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Author : Ann Herring
language : en
Publisher: Berg
Release Date : 2010-05-15
Plagues And Epidemics written by Ann Herring and has been published by Berg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-15 with Social Science categories.
Whether in popular media or scientific literature, plagues are currently a topic of tremendous interest and anxiety. Through an excellent range of case studies, this volume provides a broad and engaging study of the plague and its effects both historically and today.
Plague
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Author : Michael Grant
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2011-04-05
Plague written by Michael Grant and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-05 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Plague, Michael Grant's fourth book in the bestselling Gone series, will satisfy dystopian fans of all ages. It's been eight months since all the adults disappeared. Gone. They've survived hunger. They've survived lies. But the stakes keep rising, and the dystopian horror keeps building. Yet despite the simmering unrest left behind by so many battles, power struggles, and angry divides, there is a momentary calm in Perdido Beach. But enemies in the FAYZ don't just fade away, and in the quiet, deadly things are stirring, mutating, and finding their way free. The Darkness has found its way into the mind of its Nemesis at last and is controlling it through a haze of delirium and confusion. A highly contagious, fatal illness spreads at an alarming rate. Sinister, predatory insects terrorize Perdido Beach. And Sam, Astrid, Diana, and Caine are plagued by a growing doubt that they'll escape—or even survive—life in the FAYZ. With so much turmoil surrounding them, what desperate choices will they make when it comes to saving themselves and those they love? “Grant’s sf-fantasy thrillers continue to be the very definition of a page-turner.” —ALA Booklist Read the entire series: Gone Hunger Lies Plague Fear Light Monster Villain Hero
Plague Fear And Politics In San Francisco S Chinatown
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Author : Guenter B. Risse
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2012-03-14
Plague Fear And Politics In San Francisco S Chinatown written by Guenter B. Risse and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-14 with Medical categories.
When health officials in San Francisco discovered bubonic plague in their city’s Chinatown in 1900, they responded with intrusive, controlling, and arbitrary measures that touched off a sociocultural conflict still relevant today. Guenter B. Risse’s history of an epidemic is the first to incorporate the voices of those living in Chinatown at the time, including the desperately ill Wong Chut King, believed to be the first person infected. Lasting until 1904, the plague in San Francisco's Chinatown reignited racial prejudices, renewed efforts to remove the Chinese from their district, and created new tensions among local, state, and federal public health officials quarreling over the presence of the deadly disease. Risse's rich, nuanced narrative of the event draws from a variety of sources, including Chinese-language reports and accounts. He addresses the ecology of Chinatown, the approaches taken by Chinese and Western medical practitioners, and the effects of quarantine plans on Chinatown and its residents. Risse explains how plague threatened California’s agricultural economy and San Francisco’s leading commercial role with Asia, discusses why it brought on a wave of fear mongering that drove perceptions and intervention efforts, and describes how Chinese residents organized and successfully opposed government quarantines and evacuation plans in federal court. By probing public health interventions in the setting of one of the most visible ethnic communities in United States history, Plague, Fear, and Politics in San Francisco’s Chinatown offers insight into the clash of Eastern and Western cultures in a time of medical emergency.
The Hot Zone
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Author : Richard Preston
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2012-03-14
The Hot Zone written by Richard Preston and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-14 with Health & Fitness categories.
The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. Now a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D'Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic. A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.