bioterrorism

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bioterrorism

Patient zero

After being forced to kill the same terrorists two times, Joe Ledger is assigned to a counterterrorism task force with the special task of preventing the release of a bioweapon that can turn ordinary people into zombies.

The hallowed ones

Hallowed Ones, Book 1
2012
Amish teen Katie smuggles a gravely injured young man, an outsider, into her family's barn despite the elders' ruling that no one can come in or out of the community while some mysterious and massive unrest is wreaking havoc in the "English" world.

Eat, drink, and be wary

how unsafe is our food?

Amerithrax

the hunt for the anthrax killer
2003
True-crime author Robert Graysmith offers a definitive case study of the terrorist who spread Anthrax through the U.S. mail in the months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Frozen solid

a novel
2013
"A brilliant and dangerous group of scientists are determined to save the world from the perils of overpopulation by releasing into the world a brutal virus. Having just arrived at the research station at the earth's southernmost tip, returning hero Hallie Leland has seven days to stop them from putting their plan into action"--Provided by publisher.

Unraveling

Seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is certifiably hit and killed by a truck. Somehow, the loner Ben from her school brings her back. This leads her to a search through her policeman father's desk, where she finds, among documents pertaining to her death, a clock that seems to be counting down to something. That something may be the end of the world.

Safe food

bacteria, biotechnology, and bioterrorism
2004

Bioterror and biowarfare

2009
Describes a history of bioterrorism and biowarfare tactics in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and discusses what biological weapons are, the threats they pose, and what can be done to prevent them from becoming a threat to human rights and dignity.

A Heartbeat Away

2011
On the night of the State of the Union address, President James Allaire expects to give the speech of his career. But no one anticipates the terrifying turn of events that forces him to quarantine everyone in the Capitol building.

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