Six teens face a bioterrorist attack on American soil as four are infected with a mysterious disease affecting their small New Jersey neighborhood and two others, both brilliant computer hackers, assist the United States Intelligence Coalition in tracking the perpetrators.
Traces the history of some of the most ominous infectious disease threats, describing how scientists are working to control the threats and develop vaccines and cures for them.
Conflict and resentments break out in a small Adirondack town in the fall of 1916 when Miles Fairchild, a wealthy resident living in a "cure cottage" while being treated for tuberculosis, decides to start a discussion group with patients--mostly poor European immigrants--confined in the state-run sanatorium.
germs, childbed fever, and the strange story of Ign?c Semmelweis
Nuland, Sherwin B
2003
Chronicles nineteenth-century Hungarian doctor Ign?c Semmelweis's discovery that physicians must wash their hands to prevent infection of patients, and his losing struggle with the ingrained medical establishment to make it change its practices.
When a secret branch of the U.S. Navy known as SYLO quarantines Pemberwick Island, Maine, claiming it has been struck by a deadly virus, high schooler Tucker is wrapped up in the ensuing chaos. Knowing there is more to the story, Tucker investigates and uncovers clues that could reveal the truth behind this perplexing mystery.
Presents information on infectious and devastating diseases and the research scientists do in order to learn more about them and how to stop them. Examines case studies of modern day infectious diseases, such as the cholera epidemic in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and offers advice on preventing and preparing for infectious diseases that may strike in the future.
Discusses the causes of major infectious diseases, such as HIV, malaria, SARS, and meningitis, covering how they spread, treatment options, and what governments and health organizations can do to prevent epidemics and pandemics.
