Although infectious disease outbreaks have long threatened the well-being of human societies, the realization that such epidemics and pandemics can be controlled or even prevented in the first place is recent. With advances in scientific understanding of disease and the development of technologies for the early detection of infectious agents, health agencies are better equipped for disease prevention and surveillance. This volume explores epidemic and pandemic threats and approaches to disease detection, prevention, and surveillance, relating them to concepts that lie at the foundation of STEM education. It also describes the steps readers can take to prepare for disease outbreaks.
A five-volume set that explores topics related to biochemistry, cells, and life, including the structure and function of cells, bacteria and viruses, the chemical reactions of life, the components of life, and fungi, algae, and protists.
Provides an introduction to cloning, covering gene cloning, reproductive cloning, and therapeutic cloning, and exploring the moral and ethical aspects of cloning.
An exploration of the public health and disease that provides information on the history of public health, international organizations, financial and legal aspects of health care, noncommunicable and communicable diseases, research, treatments, and more.
Provides an overview of the cell, discussing its nature, function, and evolution, cell membranes and walls, cellular organelles, the cell matrix, cell communication, division, growth, and differentiation, and the history of cell theory.
An overview of infectious diseases that covers the human immune response and provides information on the transmission, life cycle, course of infection, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and social, legal, and cultural aspects of a number of diseases.
