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1) Epidemic
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Series
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Discusses what an epidemic is, how it evolves, various causes and carriers, and efforts to prevent epidemics.
2) Severance
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After an epidemic causes most New Yorkers to flee, Candace Chen stays behind and continues her routine: going to work, getting paid, and blogging about the deserted city. Eventually, though, Candace will have to leave--putting her at the mercy of a power-hungry IT specialist named Bob.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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For readers of Andy Weir and Noah Hawley comes an astonishing debut by the screenwriter of Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Panic Room, and War of the Worlds: a wild and terrifying adventure about three strangers who must work together to contain a highly contagious, deadly organism. When Pentagon bio-terror operative Roberto Diaz was sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he found something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of...
4) Pandemics
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"A discussion of a major type of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Explores past and current illnesses, including the Black Death, yellow fever, smallpox, typhoid, SARS, and AIDS; the evolution of medicine and its pioneers; cures and treatments; strange rituals and superstitions; and what's being done to prevent future pandemics.
6) Pandemics
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A discussion of pandemics, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant pandemics and other disease outbreaks from history"--
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Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an airship terminal -- an experience that shocks him to his core. Two centuries later a famous writer named Olive Llewellyn is on a book tour. She's traveling all...
9) Coldbrook
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
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 the...
10) The Gemini virus
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English
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While a pair of charismatic CDC researchers and their team search frantically for the cure of a wildly contagious virus that kills within four days, a married couple and their children, seeking safety, flee to an isolated mountain cabin, not knowing that they are heading to the source.
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The coronavirus disease COVID-19 emerged in November 2019. By March 2020, cities all around the world closed schools, offices, restaurants, and other public spaces deemed "non-essential" in an attempt to contain the fast-spreading virus. People struggled to follow government orders, stay indoors, and limit contact with others. But the virus that caused one of the world's deadliest pandemics eventually killed over two million people worldwide. This...
13) The fever
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English
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"The panic unleashed by a mysterious contagion threatens the bonds of family and community in a seemingly idyllic suburban community. The Nash family is close-knit. Tom is a popular teacher, father of two teens: Eli, a hocky star and girl magnet, and his sister Deenie, a diligent student. Their seeming stability, however, is thrown into chaos when Deenie's best friend is struck by a terrifying, unexplained seizure in class. Rumors of a hazardous outbreak...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Insomnia has claimed everyone Biggs knows. Even his beloved wife, Carolyn, has succumbed to the telltale red-rimmed eyes, slurred speech and cloudy mind before disappearing into the quickly collapsing world. Yet Biggs can still sleep, and dream, so he sets out to find her.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
¿Qué son los virus? ¿Cómo se originaron? ¿Cómo es la vida de un virus dentro de una célula? ¿Cómo aparecen los nuevos virus de la gripe? ¿Por qué es tan difícil curar el sida? ¿El ébola acabará siendo una pandemia? ¿Cómo influyeron los virus en la construcción del canal de Panamá o en la conquista de América? ¿Qué son los arbovirus? ¿Se puede «revivir» un virus congelado en el permafrost? ¿El bioterrorismo es solo una fantasía...
17) Phase six
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"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 and deeply moving story follows Aleq, one of the few survivors of the initial outbreak, through his identification and radical isolation as the likely index patient. While he shoulders...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 2014, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea suffered the worst epidemic of Ebola in history. The brutal virus spread rapidly through a clinical desert where basic health-care facilities were few and far between. Causing severe loss of life and economic disruption, the Ebola crisis was a major tragedy of modern medicine. But why did it happen, and what can we learn from it? Paul Farmer, the internationally renowned doctor and anthropologist, experienced...
20) Outside, inside
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English
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A beautiful book that describes the impact of COVID-19 on communities and why some essential workers could not quarantine.
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