viruses

"Once there was a world's end. The forests burned, the lakes and rivers dried up, and the oceans swelled. Then came a plague, and fever spread across the globe. Families died, violence reigned, and man killed man. Next came WICKED, who were looking for an answer. And then they found the perfect boy. The boy's name was Thomas, and Thomas built a maze. Now there are secrets. There are lies. And there are loyalties history could never have foreseen. This is the story of that boy, Thomas, and how he built a maze that only he could tear down"--Provided by publisher.

Exposes 12 of the most enduring myths about medicine.

Beast Hank McCoy, hoping to discover a cure for the Legacy Virus which only affects mutants, must consider teaming up with an old enemy when the evil Sebastian Shaw, the Black King of the Hellfire Club, kidnaps X-Men pal Moira McTaggart as part of a dangerous plot of revenge.

"Avery West and her friends must avert a deadly virus--and a murderous family set on ruling the world"--Provided by publisher.

Biological weapons are extremely dangerous, but militaries around the world are developing various methods to counteract these weapons, including vaccines and ways to clean areas affected by biological warfare. Readers explore the development of both biological weapons and the defenses against them.

Describes the disease of polio and its treatment, the scientific endeavour that led to the discovery of the poliovirus, and the studies in virology and immunology that culminated in the production of a polio vaccine. It also highlights the experiences of patients and the voices of survivors, revealing how ethnicity, class, age, and gender all mediated individual's reactions to the disease, which included fear, rejection, denial and anger. There is still no cure for polio. The treatment remains the same as it was forty plus years ago. The only way to prevent future epidemics is by vaccinating the population. If the poliovirus cannot find an unvaccinated individual to infect, it will die out. As long as there is a single case of polio, all unvaccinated children throughout the world are at risk.

"Features information on how to deal with a cold, as well as practical advice on how to avoid the illness"--Provided by publisher.

"Deep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret. But what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own? When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide"--Provided by publisher.

"This ... informative picture book introduces young readers to the world of good and bad bacteria--germs"--.