disease outbreaks

Throughout history infectious diseases have been mankind's biggest killers. The Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS account for over one million deaths. When a new threat like Ebola, SARS, or Zika seems imminent we send our best and bravest doctors. Dr. Ali Khan is a public health first responder. He has found that while rogue microbes will always be a problem, outbreaks on a pandemic scale are often caused by people who make mistakes, don't listen to health warnings and precautions, and politicize emergencies. This book is a firsthand account of disasters like anthrax, bird flu, and others and how we could do more to prevent their return.

Explores the role that human behavior has in creating epidemics showing how changes in agriculture, nutrition, sanitation, technology, sexual behavior, and economic conditions prepared for the spread of new diseases in the past.

A collection of essays that explore how disease patterns have changed through human history and describe key epidemics and discoveries and the people involved in them.

Presents a collection of articles from key publications that provides an understanding of the history of global epidemics including AIDS, smallpox, and the Black Death; and describes the various methods used to combat the spread of these diseases.