epidemiology

Describes the activities of the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga. in tracking down the cause of Legionnaires' disease and other mysterious health problems.

Explores how changes in the natural environment caused by humans is connected to recent epidemics of modern diseases. Discusses West Nile virus, mad cow disease, HIV/AIDS, Lyme disease, and SARS. Addresses how humans are creating and spreading the diseases and what measures should be taken to manage the diseases' power.

In the early nineteen-hundreds, sixteen-year-old Prudence Galewski leaves school to take a job assisting the head epidemiologist at New York's Department of Health and Sanitation, investigating the intriguing case of "Typhoid Mary," a seemingly healthy woman who is infecting others with typhoid fever. Includes a historical note by the author.

"Explores careers in and science of epidemiology through accounts of real-life scientists"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the occurrence of disease on a global scale and explores the environmental, social, political, and economic implications of combating disease.

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.

Explores the history of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, which was organized in 1951 to battle various diseases, including polio, cholera, and smallpox, and continues to eliminate diseases that threaten the population in the twenty-first century.

Takes a look at the sometimes frightening history of diseases and their treatments, chronicling advances from ancient to modern times.