Stories
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The science of why things spread
From deadly pandemics to viral tweets, Adam Kucharski explores what makes something contagious.
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
Catalogue
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Infectious diseases : emerging and reemerging threats to public health in the United States / [Judith A. Johnson].
Johnson, Judith A. (Judith Ann), 1957-Date: [1995]- Books
Biology of emerging viruses : SARS, avian and human influenza, metapneumovirus, Nipah, West Nile, and Ross River virus / edited by Sunil K. Lal.
Date: 2007- Books
The influence of global environmental change on infectious disease dynamics : workshop summary / Eileen R. Choffnes and Alison Mack, rapporteurs ; Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Choffnes, Eileen R.Date: [2014]- Books
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Rapid medical countermeasure response to infectious diseases : enabling sustainable capabilities through ongoing public- and private-sector partnerships : workshop summary / Theresa Wizemann, Megan Reeve Snair, and Jack Herrmann, rapporteurs ; Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events ; Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation ; Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.
Wizemann, Theresa M.Date: [2016]- Books
Emerging viral diseases : the one health connection : workshop summary / Eileen R. Choffnes and Alison Mack, rapporteurs ; Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Choffnes, Eileen R.Date: [2015]