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  • Pale Rider

    The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World

    af Laura Spinney ...
    Read the devastating story of the Spanish flu - the twentieth century's greatest killer – and discover what it can teach us about the current Covid-19 pandemic.'Both a saga of tragedies and a detective story... Pale Rider is not just an excavation but a reimagining of the past' GuardianWith a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people and a global reach, the Spanish flu of 1918–1920 was the ... Læs mere

    111,50 kr.

  • The Rules of Contagion

    Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop

    An Observer Book of the YearA Times Science Book of the YearA New Statesman Book of the YearA Financial Times Science Book of the Year'Astonishingly bold' Daily Mail'It is hard to imagine a more timely book ... much of the modern world will make more sense having read it.' The TimesWe live in... ... Læs mere

    85,72 kr.

  • The Tennis Partner

    A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss

    An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprah's Book Club Pick.“Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis Partner] is an elegy to friendship found, and an ode to a good friend lost.”—The Boston GlobeIn this pow... ... Læs mere

    112,09 kr.

  • The Hot Zone

    The Chilling True Story of an Ebola Outbreak

    COMING TO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ON 27 MAY 2019_________In March 2014, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was first reported. By October 2014, it had become the largest and deadliest occurrence of the disease.Over 4,500 people have died. Almost 10,000 cases have been reported, across Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and the United States.Impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone is the terrifying, true ... Læs mere

    94,33 kr.

  • Vaccinated

    From Cowpox to mRNA, the Remarkable Story of Vaccines

    "Medical writing at its finest."—David Oshinsky, author of Polio and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryRespected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribute to one of the greatest lifesaving breakthroughs—vaccinations—and the medical hero responsible for developing nine of the big fourteen vaccines which have saved billions of lives worldwide. This ... Læs mere

    106,19 kr.

  • The CDC Field Epidemiology Manual

    A NEW AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR THE PRACTICE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH The CDC Field Epidemiology Manual is a definitive guide to investigating acute public health events on the ground and in real time. Assembled and written by experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as other leading public health agencies, it offers current and field-tested guidance for every ... Læs mere

    558,01 kr.

  • The End of Plagues

    The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease

    af John Rhodes ...
    Serier serie MacSci
    From the eradication of smallpox to the ongoing battle against deadly contagions, The End of Plagues is a compelling exploration of humanity's fight against disease.At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed two million lives per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated, marking a global victory. Yet the story of smallpox remains an exception, as today a host of deadly contagions ... Læs mere

    80,10 kr.

  • The Vaccine Race

    How Scientists Used Human Cells to Combat Killer Viruses

    **SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE****A GUARDIAN SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR**‘Riveting … invites comparison to Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’NatureThe epic and controversial story of a major breakthrough in cell biology that led to the conquest of rubella and other devastating diseases.Until the late 1960s, tens of thousan... ... Læs mere

    128,66 kr.

  • The Long Covid Handbook

    Understand, manage, and treat Long Covid.Reports suggest that over 100m people around the world are living with Long Covid (more than 1.5m in the UK) yet reliable, clear information and guidance remains scarce. This book is the definitive guide to understanding, managing and treating the condition.Written by the world's leading immunologist Professor Danny Altmann and expert patient Gez Medinger, ... Læs mere

    109,36 kr.

  • The Power of Plagues

    Serier serie ASM Books
    The Power of Plagues presents a rogues' gallery of epidemic- causing microorganisms placed in the context of world history. Author Irwin W. Sherman introduces the microbes that caused these epidemics and the people who sought (and still seek) to understand how diseases and epidemics are managed. What makes this book especially fascinating are the many threads that Sherman weaves together as he ... Læs mere

    280,36 kr.

  • Flu Hunter

    Unlocking the secrets of a virus

    Uncover the gripping story of the hunt for deadly influenza viruses and the race to unlock their secrets.When a new influenza virus emerges, it can trigger a global pandemic with devastating consequences. Flu Hunter chronicles the relentless scientific quest to understand these viruses, revealing the high-stakes detective work behind pandemic preparedness.Follow Robert Webster's remarkable journey ... Læs mere

    127,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Stopping the Next Pandemic

    The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened, and How to Stop the Next One

    'Excellent . . . analyses clearly and authoritatively how the coronavirus pandemic played out, what governments should have done, and what we need to do when it happens again - as it undoubtedly will' Financial Times'You could not hope for a better guide to the pandemic world order than Debora MacKenzie, who's been on this story from the start. This is an authoritative yet readable explanation of ... Læs mere

    102,11 kr.

  • Deadliest Enemy

    Our War Against Killer Germs

    The USA Today Bestseller'The infectious disease expert who predicted the spread of coronavirus' - Daily Mail'Osterholm has produced a sharp, persuasive and urgent manifesto for how the world needs to think differently about natural threats, offering a blueprint for setting priorities and explaining why the infrastructure of global health needs reconfiguring... Deadliest Enemy will help to set the ... Læs mere

    86,39 kr.

  • Zoonoses

    Infectious Diseases Transmissible from Animals to Humans

    Serier Bog 39 - ASM Books
    Zoonoses are a persistent threat to the global human health Today, more than 200 diseases occurring in humans and animals are known to be mutually transmitted. Classical infectious diseases, such as rabies, plague, and yellow fever, have not been eradicated despite major efforts.New zoonotic diseases are on the increase due global conditions such as overpopulation, wars, and food scarcity, which ... Læs mere

    687,86 kr.

  • The Great Mortality

    An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time

    af John Kelly ...
    “Powerful, rich with details, moving, humane, and full of important lessons for an age when weapons of mass destruction are loose among us.” — Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic BombThe Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history—even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern.The ... Læs mere

    86,15 kr.

  • The Primate Zoonoses

    Culture Change and Emerging Diseases

    Serier serie Routledge Focus on Anthropology
    This book offers an accessible and up-to-date reference on primate zoonoses. Recent years have witnessed a rise in human diseases zoonotically transferred from animals, with wild primates implicated in the spread of numerous newly emerging infections. The authors go beyond simply providing an inventory of diseases, helping readers to understand how and why they are transmitted. Important ... Læs mere

    268,12 kr.

  • How Can I Get Better?

    An Action Plan for Treating Resistant Lyme & Chronic Disease

    AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER!“Horowitz is one of the most prominent ‘Lyme literate’ physicians…patients wait for months to see him, and several told me that he had essentially cured them of a disease that nobody else seemed able to treat.” —The New Yorker“If you have suffered from unexplained, chronic or hard-to-treat illness, this book is your pathway to health.” —Mark Hyman, #1 New York Times ... Læs mere

    113,99 kr.

  • Nemesis

    af Philip Roth ...
    It's the sweltering summer of 1944, and Newark is in the grip of a terrifying epidemic.Decent, athletic twenty-three year old playground director Bucky Cantor is devoted to his charges and ashamed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in the war alongside his contemporaries. As polio begins to ravage Bucky's playground - child by helpless child - Roth leads us through ... Læs mere

    85,75 kr.

  • Twelve Diseases that Changed Our World

    Serier Bog 60 - ASM Books
    Covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals.Chronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civilization.Explains the effects, causes, and outcomes from past epidemics.Describes a dozen diseases to show how disease control either was achieved or failed.Makes clear the interrelationship between ... Læs mere

    206,86 kr.

  • Fever Season

    The Story of a Terrifying Epidemic and the People Who Saved a City

    While the American South had grown to expect a yellow fever breakout almost annually, the 1878 epidemic was without question the worst ever. Moving up the Mississippi River in the late summer, in the span of just a few months the fever killed more than eighteen thousand people. The city of Memphis, Tennessee, was particularly hard hit: Of the approximately twenty thousand who didn't flee the city, ... Læs mere

    135,36 kr.

  • The Experience of Illness

    Serier serie Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society
    Originally published in 1984, this book focuses, firstly, on how patients interpret and act in response to symptoms of illness; secondly on how social and psychological factors influence the treatment process; and thirdly, on certain kinds of illness where the psychosocial perspective is of particular importance to the providers of health care – for example, chronic or particularly disabling ... Læs mere

    321,76 kr.

  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Demystified: Everything You Need to

    The Reproductive Health Mastery Series, #2

    Serier Bog 2 - The Reproductive Health Mastery Series
    Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Demystified: Everything You Need to Know is a comprehensive guide designed to help men and their families understand, manage, and treat prostate enlargement with confidence. This book delves into the causes, risk factors, and symptoms of BPH, providing clear explanations of how the condition develops and how it impacts daily life. From diagnostic procedures to ... Læs mere

    31,38 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Infections and Male Infertility: General Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

    Infections and Male Infertility (Part I): General Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment explores the complex link between infections and male infertility, providing a comprehensive examination of their impact on reproductive health. This book integrates key concepts from molecular biology, immunology, and clinical practice to highlight the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of infection ... Læs mere

    463,76 kr.

  • Meningitis

    Cellular and Molecular Basis

    Serier serie Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology
    Examining meningitis mainly from a bacterial perspective, but also including an overview of viral, fungal and chronic meningitis, this book describes the anatomy of the meninges and clinical signs and symptoms of this disease. Individual organisms that cause meningitis worldwide are dealt with in specific chapters, describing in detail how these pathogens interact with the human host at both a ... Læs mere

    986,24 kr.