Synopses & Reviews
An epidemic strikes the United States, plunging the country into chaos. New York Times medical reporter Denise Grady uses this terrifying scenario, taken from the pages of a U.S. government report on the potential outcome of a pandemic, as the starting point for a journey into the gripping world of emerging diseases.
In search of a better understanding of these often deadly diseases, Grady heads to Angola, the site of the 2005 Marburg virus epidemic, a disease closely related to Ebola. On the ground, and sometimes frighteningly close to victims of the disease, Denise explores the realities of health care in the developing world, and its potential effects on our own welfare.
With supplemental sidebars that explain key scientific and social issues and in-depth chapters on the origins and spread of Marburg, avian flu, HIV, SARS, West Nile virus, hantavirus, and monkeypox, this is a fascinating look at the health dangers we face in a global society.
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'\"Will leave readers profoundly affected by not only the dangers of these often unpredictable potential pandemics, but by the complex challenges facing medical professionals.\"'
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'\"Enhanced by news photos, side notes and a
large list of citations to relevant Times articles, her accounts will be useful for assignments. They will
also leave readers profoundly affected by not only the dangers of these often-unpredictable potential
pandemics, but by the complex challenges facing medical professionals who fight to understand and
contain them.\"'
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A wake-up call to the world that viral epidemics can occur anywhere.
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'\"..Readable and riveting...A fast-paced, timely, and important book.\"'
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Children's Literature Overall, the subject is presented in a style that is both fascinating and easy to understand. School Library Journal
A fast-paced, timely, and important book Kirkus Reviews
Enhanced by news photos, side notes and a large list of citations to relevant Times articles, her accounts will be useful for assignments.
Synopsis
Featuring supplemental side bars that explain key scientific and social issues, a scientific reporter journeys around the world, investigating deadly diseases, exploring the state of health care in the developing world, and revealing the dangers we face in a global society.
About the Author
Denise Grady has been a science reporter for The New York Times since 1998 and has written more than five hundred articles about medicine and biology. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a commendation from the Newspaper Guild for Choice and Excellence of Crusading Journalistic Contributions in the Areas of Science and Medicine. She lives in Westchester, New York.