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Air-borne : the hidden history of the life we breathe / by Zimmer, Carl,1966-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The fascinating, untold story of the air we breathe, what lives in it and can make us sick, and the men and women who devoted their lives to showing us how"--
Subjects: Air; Airborne infection.; Airborne infection;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Maze runner. [videorecording] / by Nowlin, T. S.(Thomas Scott),screenwriter.; Ball, Wes,film director.; O'Brien, Dylan,1991-actor.; Lee, Ki Hong,1986-actor.; Scodelario, Kaya,1992-actor.; Sangster, Thomas,1990-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,publisher.;
Dylan O'Drien, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Alexander Flores, Patricia Clarkson, Giancarlo Esposito, Barry Pepper.Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD's vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Survival; Infection; Epidemics;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The premonition : a pandemic story / by Lewis, Michael(Michael M.),author.;
"For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about. Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis's taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19. The characters you will meet in these pages are as fascinating as they are unexpected. A thirteen-year-old girl's science project on transmission of an airborne pathogen develops into a very grown-up model of disease control. A local public-health officer uses her worm's-eye view to see what the CDC misses, and reveals great truths about American society. A secret team of dissenting doctors, nicknamed the Wolverines, has everything necessary to fight the pandemic: brilliant backgrounds, world-class labs, prior experience with the pandemic scares of bird flu and swine flu ... everything, that is, except official permission to implement their work. Michael Lewis is not shy about calling these people heroes for their refusal to follow directives that they know to be based on misinformation and bad science. Even the internet, as crucial as it is to their exchange of ideas, poses a risk to them. They never know for sure who else might be listening in"--
Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease); COVID-19 (Disease); Coronavirus infections;
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The Zika prevention handbook : everything you need to know to stay safe / by Webb, Alexander Robert,1988-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Flaviviral diseases.; Zika Virus Infection; Zika Virus Infection;
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Apollo's arrow : the profound and enduring impact of coronavirus on the way we live / by Christakis, Nicholas A.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.'Apollo's Arrow' is a piercing and scientifically grounded look at the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and how it will change the way we live. 'Apollo's Arrow' envisions what happens when the great force of a deadly germ meets the enduring reality of our evolved social nature.
Subjects: Coronavirus infections; Epidemics; Physical fitness; Coronaviruses; Epidemiology;
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Lyme disease, ticks and you : a guide to navigating tick bites, lyme disease and other tick-borne infections / by Ball, Shelley Lynne,1965-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."This book is a primer for those concerned about Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (OTBDs). The book introduces the reader to ticks and the main species of bacteria that causes Lyme disease in North America - Borrelia burgdorferi. The book features tips on how to prevent tick bites and remove ticks, as well as valuable information about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme and OTBDs. The book has an extensive list of resources for the reader to further explore the scientific studies and books that are at the forefront of understanding Lyme and OTBDs"--
Subjects: Lyme disease; Tick-borne diseases;
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Dallas Buyers Club [videorecording] / by Dunne, Griffin.; Garner, Jennifer,1973-; Leto, Jared,1971-; McConaughey, Matthew,1969-; O'Hare, Denis.; Rankin, Kevin.; Roberts, Dallas.; Vallée, Jean-Marc.; Zahn, Steve,1968-; Remstar.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
Cinematography, Yves Bélanger ; edited by Martin Pensa, Jean-Marc Vallée.Steve Zahn, Griffin Dunne, Matthew Mcconaughey, Jared Leto, Denis O'Hare, Jennifer Garner, Dallas Roberts, Kevin Rankin.Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof's free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive. Shunned and ostracized by many old friends and bereft of government-approved medicines, he decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, he joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts and established a hugely successful 'buyers' club.'Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: AIDS (Disease); Feature films.; HIV infections; HIV-positive men; Male friendship;
© c2014., Universal,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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COVID-19 : the pandemic that never should have happened and how to stop the next one / by MacKenzie, Debora,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Over the last 30 years of epidemics and pandemics, we learned every lesson needed to stop this coronavirus outbreak in its tracks. We heeded almost none of them. The result is a pandemic on a scale never before seen in our lifetimes. In this captivating, authoritative, and eye-opening book, science journalist Debora MacKenzie lays out the full story of how and why it happened: the previous viruses that should have prepared us, the shocking public health failures that paved the way, the failure to contain the outbreak, and most importantly, what we must do to prevent future pandemics. Debora MacKenzie has been reporting on emerging diseases for more than three decades, and she draws on that experience to explain how COVID-19 went from a potentially manageable outbreak to a global pandemic. Offering a compelling history of the most significant recent outbreaks, including SARS, MERS, H1N1, Zika, and Ebola, she gives a crash course in Epidemiology 101--how viruses spread and how pandemics end--and outlines the lessons we failed to learn from each past crisis. In vivid detail, she takes us through the arrival and spread of COVID-19, making clear the steps that governments knew they could have taken to prevent or at least prepare for this. Looking forward, MacKenzie makes a bold, optimistic argument: this pandemic might finally galvanize the world to take viruses seriously. Fighting this pandemic and preventing the next one will take political action of all kinds, globally, from governments, the scientific community, and individuals--but it is possible. No one has yet brought together our knowledge of COVID-19 in a comprehensive, informative, and accessible way. But that story can already be told, and Debora MacKenzie's urgent telling is required reading for these times and beyond. It is too early to say where the COVID-19 pandemic will go, but it is past time to talk about what went wrong and how we can do better"--
Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease); Coronaviruses.; Coronavirus infections; Communicable diseases; Communicable diseases; Epidemics; Emerging infectious diseases;
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Everything is tuberculosis : the history and persistence of our deadliest infection / by Green, John,1977-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, preventable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year. In Everything is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry's story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world -- and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Reider, Henry; Tuberculosis in children; Tuberculosis.; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis;
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Everything Is Tuberculosis The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection [electronic resource] : by Green, John.aut; Green, John.nrt; CloudLibrary;
John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease. “This highly readable call to action could not be more timely.” –Kirkus, starred review “Mem­orably probes the intersections of medicine and human emotion.” –Bookpage, starred review Tuberculosis has been entwined with hu­manity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John be­came fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequi­ties that allow this curable, preventable infec­tious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year. In Everything Is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry’s story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world—and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Disease & Health Issues; Infectious Diseases; History;
© 2025., Penguin Random House,
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