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  • Dark Winter

    An insider's guide to pandemics and biosecurity

    In Dark Winter, world-leading epidemiologist Professor Raina MacIntyre navigates the past, present, and future of pandemics and biosecurity. MacIntyre examines the history of biological warfare (and why it is called the 'poor man's nuke'), Soviet and US bioweapons programs, developments in genetic engineering, synthetic biology, and catastrophic laboratory accidents. She also explores the COVID-19 ... Leer más

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  • Vaccine Nation

    Science, reason and the threat to 200 years of progress

    'This book tells the story of how vaccines transformed the public health landscape and suggests what we might do to restore public trust in their e?cacy and safety.' Professor Trish Greenhalgh OBE, University of OxfordVaccine Nation, from world-leading epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre, examines the history of vaccines, how vaccines work, vaccine safety, public policy, new technologies like mRNA and ... Leer más

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    Our War Against Killer Germs

    A leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone) stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics -- featuring a new preface on COVID-19.Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating ... Leer más

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  • Booster Shots

    The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health

    A pediatrician and infectious disease specialist warns of the resurgence of measles, the antivaccine movement, and how we can prepare for the next pandemicEvery single child diagnosed with measles represents a system failure—an inexcusable unforced error. The technology to prevent essentially 100 percent of measles cases has been in our hands since before the moon landing. But this serious ... Leer más

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  • Viruses, Plagues, and History

    Past, Present and Future

    The story of viruses and humanity is a story of fear and ignorance, of grief and heartbreak, and of great bravery and sacrifice. Michael Oldstone tells all these stories as he illuminates the history of the devastating diseases that have tormented humanity, focusing mostly on the most famous viruses. Oldstone begins with smallpox, polio, and measles. Nearly 300 million people were killed by ... Leer más

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  • Turtles All The Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth

    If you are reading this, you are probably aware of the fierce debate surrounding vaccination and looking for information that will allow you to make the best decisions for yourself and your loved ones. Whether you are a parent or a parent to be, sorting through the many arguments on vaccines can be daunting. Still, you need an answer, a definitive one, to the crucial question: Who has it right in ... Leer más

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  • Infectious

    Pathogens and How We Fight Them

    The human body is a marvel – but what happens when it comes under attack? A fascinating guide to why we get sick and how we get better.‘Lovely, warm, erudite and, above all, chatty.’ Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra Processed PeopleNature wants you dead.Not just you, but your children and everyone you have ever met and everyone they have ever met; in fact, everyone. It wants you to cough and ... Leer más

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  • Vaccines

    Mythology, Ideology, and Reality

    The word “vaccine” derives from the Latin word for cow. The English physician, Edward Jenner, coined it in his 1798 pamphlet An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae. The last two Latin words mean “Smallpox of the Cow,” or cowpox. Jenner postulated that cowpox causes mild disease in humans while protecting them from the more dangerous smallpox. His proposal for inoculation ... Leer más

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  • Outbreaks and Epidemics

    Battling infection from measles to coronavirus

    Series series Hot Science
    'A book that couldn't be more timely, providing an accessible introduction to epidemiology.' KirkusA compelling and disquieting journey through the history and science of epidemics.For centuries mankind has waged war against the infections that, left untreated, would have the power to wipe out communities, or even entire populations. Yet for all our advanced scientific knowledge, only one human ... Leer más

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  • Pandemics

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    Pandemics. The word conjures up images of horrific diseases sweeping the globe and killing everyone in their path. But such highly lethal illnesses almost never create pandemics. The reality is deadly serious but far more subtle. In Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Peter Doherty, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells, offers an ... Leer más

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  • Tell Me When It's Over

    An Insider's Guide to Deciphering Covid Myths and Navigating Our Post-Pandemic World

    From one of the world's top virologists, the definitive guide to understanding—and navigating—COVID-19.Three years on, COVID is clearly here to stay. So what do we do now? Drawing on his expertise as one of the world's top virologists, Dr. Paul Offit helps weary readers address that crucial question in this brief, definitive guide.As a member of the FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee and a former ... Leer más

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  • The Medical Science of House, M.D.

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    How can a teenager adopted at birth nearly die because his real mother didn’t get a measles shot?How can a husband’s faith in his wife’s fidelity determine whether radical treatment will cure her or kill her?How can a missed eye doctor appointment reveal a genetic disease?How can doctors choose the right course for a pregnant woman when one may kill her and the other would abort her fetus?Answers ... Leer más

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