A collection of essays that provides varying perspective on issues regarding deadly viruses, discussing ebola, vaccines, HIV and AIDS, and other controversies.
Amish teen Katie smuggles a gravely injured young man, an outsider, into her family's barn despite the elders' ruling that no one can come in or out of the community while some mysterious and massive unrest is wreaking havoc in the "English" world.
how medical detectives save lives threatened by killer pandemics, exotic viruses, and drug-resistant parasites
Levitt, Alexandra M
2013
Despite advances in health care, infectious microbes continue to be a formidable adversary to scientists and doctors. Vaccines and antibiotics, the mainstays of modern medicine, have not been able to conquer infectious microbes because of their amazing ability to adapt, evolve, and spread to new places.
"With the power cut and the quarantined mall thrown into darkness, teens Shay, Marco, Lexi, Ryan, and Ginger must change in order to survive, and, when the doors finally open, they may not like what they've become"--Provided by publisher.
stories of biological and economic transfer in world history
Cumo, Christopher
2015
A unique encyclopedia that helps readers understand the myriad ways that the Columbian Exchange shaped the modern world, covering every major living organism from pathogens and plants to insects and mammals.
After Stebbins County is infected with a deadly virus that causes people to transform into zombies, Officers Fox and Hammond struggle to contain the infected in a last ditch effort to save the living.
