Screen LibraryThe next pandemic : on the front lines against humankind's gravest dangers /
"A former director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lays out his theories on when, where and how the next major disease outbreak will arrive, "--NoveList.
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PublicAffairs,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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"A former director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lays out his theories on when, where and how the next major disease outbreak will arrive, "--NoveList. "Throughout history, humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat--Ebola, SARS, Zika--seems imminent, we send our best and bravest doctors to contain it. People like Dr. Ali S. Khan. In his long career as a public health first responder--protected by a thin mask from infected patients, napping under nets to keep out scorpions, making life-and-death decisions on limited, suspect information--Khan has found that rogue microbe Infectious diseases-- the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS-- account for over one hundred million deaths through history. When a new threat-- Ebola, SARS, Zika-- seems imminent, we send our medical personnel to contain it, protected by a thin mask, making life-and-death decisions on suspect information. Khan has found that rogue microbes will always be a problem, but outbreaks are often caused by people failing to imagine the consequences of our actions. He provides an urgent lesson on how we can keep ourselves safe from the inevitable next pandemic. |
| Carrier Form: | x, 275 pages : illustration ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index. |
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9781610395915 (hardcover) : 1610395913 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | RA441 |
| CLC: | R18 |
| Call Number: | R18/K452 |
| Contents: | First blush -- Sin nombre -- The face of the devil -- A pox on both your houses -- Anthrax -- Migrations -- Direct from the Metropole Hotel (SARS) -- Katrina -- Sierra Leone (Ebola) -- We are all Africa. |