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Unpurified drinking water, improper use of antibiotics, local warfare, massive refugee migration have contributed to changing social and environmental conditions around the world. These have fostered the spread of new and potentially devastating viruses and diseases : HIV, Lassa, Ebola, and others. The author takes the reader on a fifty year journey through the world's battles with microbes and examines the worldwide conditions that have culminated...
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"A humorous book about history's worst plagues from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio and the heroes who fought them. In 1518, in a small town in France, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced herself to her death six days later, and soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had died from the mysterious dancing plague. In late-nineteenth-century England an eccentric gentleman founded...
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"A spare and gripping novel about the next pandemic--completed by the award-winning Jim Shepard before COVID-19 even emerged--that reads like a fictional sequel to our current crisis. In a tiny settlement on the west coast of Greenland, 11-year-old Aleq and his best friend, frequent trespassers at a mining site exposed to mountains of long-buried and thawing permafrost, carry what they pick up back into their village, and from there Shepard's harrowing...
8) Pandemics
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Discusses how a desease reaches pandemic proportions and what people can do to stop the spread of the deadly diseases.
9) Coldbrook
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Coldbrook is a secret laboratory located deep in Appalachian Mountains. Its scientists had achieved the impossible: a gateway to a new world. Theirs was to be the greatest discovery in the history of mankind, but they had no idea what they were about to unleash.
With their breakthrough comes disease and now it is out and ravaging the human population. The only hope is a cure and the only cure is genetic resistance: an uninfected person amongst...
With their breakthrough comes disease and now it is out and ravaging the human population. The only hope is a cure and the only cure is genetic resistance: an uninfected person amongst...
12) Common Cold
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Sneezing, sore throat, a stuffy nose, coughing: everyone knows the symptoms of the common cold. It is probably the most common illness. In the course of a year, people in the United States suffer 1 billion colds.
13) Dengue Mozzie
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Dengue fever, a fatal and fast-hitting illness transmitted from mosquitos to humans, is a serious health problem in Australia. In this video clip, hear from scientists who have come up with a solution to stop the spread of dengue fever in Australia and other countries.
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So what's the difference between cold and flu? I'm Dr. Alan Greene, and I want to help you figure out what the difference is. Most people have a general idea that they are different, but when pressed have a hard time really saying what the difference is. The cold, the common cold, is something very common you usually get on average three or more times during a year. And it is a virus that's primarily in the nose. The three main symptoms of a cold...
16) Pandemics
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Objectively and thoughtfully explores the topic of pandemics.
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Examines the history of infectious pandemics and the fight to stop them. Describes historical pandemics from the plague to polio and current threats such as AIDS and avian flu. Discusses the work of U.S. and international health agencies in disease control and prevention. Includes discussion questions, color photographs, a glossary, organizations to contact, and further resources.
20) Shingles
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Shingles is a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus - the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you have chickenpox, the virus stays in your body. It may not cause problems for many years. As you get older, the virus may reappear as shingles. Unlike chickenpox, you can't catch shingles from someone who has it.