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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Public health expert Paul Farmer describes the historical origins of the 2014 Ebola epidemic--
In 2014 a devastating virus spread through West Africa, prompting fear and panic around the world. The Ebola crisis resulted in loss of life and economic disruption on a grand scale-- and yet this outcome was by no means inevitable. Farmer experienced the Ebola outbreak firsthand, and here he offers the first substantive, on-the-ground account of this fast-moving...
Author
Publisher
Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
COVID-19 has disrupted the lives of children around the world. Learning about the virus is an important way for children to do their part to keep everyone safe. In this Level-2 reader, children will learn how COVID-19 spreads, and how to stop the spread of the virus. They will also learn how their actions are helping to keep hospitals from getting too busy. Included are step-by-step instructions on how children can properly wash their hands to kill...
Author
Language
English
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Description
CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD, offers an accessible, data-packed answer to our biggest questions about Covid-19: What have we learned about this pandemic and how can we prepare forA€IA”or preventA€IA”the next one?a„—A a„—A As AmericaA€IA™s favorite frontline Covid-19 health journalist, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has barely left his primetime seat in his makeshift studio basement since the pandemic began (other...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
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 ... nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response...
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Language
English
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Description
Read and find out the science behind a pandemic and how to stay safe in this illustrated, informative nonfiction picture book.
Everybody gets sick now and then—maybe with a runny nose or a sore throat. But sometimes, a lot of people get sick at once. If a disease spreads all over the world, that’s a pandemic.
The current COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of kids across the world and has caused fear and confusion as people in charge have...
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