epidemics

Presents an overview of tuberculosis, covering its history, scope, diagnosis, treatment, research, and prevention; and includes a glossary, a bibliography, and a list of related organizations.

Authors present differing opinions on whether pandemic preparedness is a public health matter, whether pandemic vaccines should be distributed among different countries, and whether a flu outbreak should be labeled a pandemic.

Discusses the symptoms, transmission, history, vaccine, and research associated with yellow fever, a viral disease, covering future prospects for preventing its spread and controlling it in areas with limited health care, such as parts of Africa and South America.

Working undercover to stop the black market trade of a sleep-aid drug that has become aggressively sought by a world stricken by pandemic insomnia, Los Angeles cop Parker Haas finds his work compromised by pharmaceutical company corruption.

Contains eleven essays in which the authors examine the history, causes, and economic and cultural impact of the fourteenth-century plague known as the Black Death.

The City, where the recently departed reside as long as they are remembered by the living, is home to Kuka Sims, who prints the City's only newspaper, Coleman Kinzler, a vagrant who speaks the word of God, and Marion and Philip Byrd, who find themselves falling in love once again, all of whom are remembered by Laura Byrd, whose own time is running out.

A deadly epidemic is spreading over the land of Pern and Nerilka secretly leaves home to take supplies and medicine where they are needed.

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.

Contains six expository essays that address issues related to pandemics; and includes model essays and writing exercises.

Briar, a young mage-in-training, and his teacher Rosethorn must use their magic to fight a deadly plague that is ravaging Summersea.