communicable diseases

Explores the foundations of human biology: structure, genetics, and diseases.

Readers learn about pandemics, which develop when a disease spreads across a country, continent, or around the world.

A picture book that describes the impact of COVID-19 on communities and why some essential workers could not quarantine.

"Over the last thirty years we learned nearly every lesson needed to stop this coronavirus outbreak in its tracks--and we heeded almost none of them. The result is a pandemic on ascale never before seen in our lifetimes. [The author] lays out the full story of the previous viruses that should have prepared us, the . . . public health failures that paved the way, the failure to contain the outbreak, and most importantly, what we must do to prevent future pandemics"--OCLC.

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.

Examines the symptoms and treatment of measles, how it is contracted, historic outbreaks of the disease, and ways to prevent epidemic.

An illustrated introduction to COVID-19.

Includes a wide range of opinions surrounding issues concerning vaccination.

"COVID-19 is a disease caused by a virus called SARS-CoV2. Like all viruses, it is far too small to be seen by the naked eye. Yet this virus and the disease it caused had an enormous impact on the world. Understanding COVID-19 explores how the virus and the disease work, examining what made them so dangerous and what health officials learned about fighting them"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at what a pandemic is, the different types of pandemics found throughout history, how diseases can be spread and what can be done to help stop them from spreading.