It changes societies. It disrupts life. A history of the pandemic, from ancient Greece to the current covid-19 crisis.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Heather E. Quinlan studied English literature at Ithaca College; she broke into the professional world as a children's book editor for Sterling Publishing, launching its successful biography series for middle schoolers. She is now a freelance writer and filmmaker. Her documentary on the New York accent, If These Knishes Could Talk, was screened at the Library of Congress and is now available on Amazon Prime, while her writing has been featured in PBS's MetroFocus, The Wall Street Journal, Medium, and the New York Daily News. She's been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker , CBS This Morning, NPR's All Things Considered, the BBC, and BBC Scotland, and she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on NatGeo Kids' "Weird but True!" series. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, writer Adam McGovern.
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About the Author Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Introduction to Plagues (Bacteria and Viruses, Your Immune System, Vaccines and Antibiotics) 2. Early Medicine (Paging Dr. Paleo, Hippocrates and the First Physicians, Plagues of the Ancient World, The Plague of Athens, The Plague of Justinian ) 3. The Black Death 4. The Plagues of London 5. Plagues of Africa and the Tropics (Yellow Fever, Ebola; Zika) 6. Smallpox: The Old World Collides with the New World 7. STIs (Herpes, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Syphilis, HIV/AIDS) 8. Addictions (Alcoholism, The Crack Epidemic, Opioids) 9. Do or Die Battles (Rabies, Cholera, TB, Polio) 10. 1918: The Spanish Flu Isn't Spanish 11. Coronaviruses (MERS, SARS, COVID-19) 12. The Future Bibliography Index
About the Author Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Introduction to Plagues (Bacteria and Viruses, Your Immune System, Vaccines and Antibiotics) 2. Early Medicine (Paging Dr. Paleo, Hippocrates and the First Physicians, Plagues of the Ancient World, The Plague of Athens, The Plague of Justinian ) 3. The Black Death 4. The Plagues of London 5. Plagues of Africa and the Tropics (Yellow Fever, Ebola; Zika) 6. Smallpox: The Old World Collides with the New World 7. STIs (Herpes, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Syphilis, HIV/AIDS) 8. Addictions (Alcoholism, The Crack Epidemic, Opioids) 9. Do or Die Battles (Rabies, Cholera, TB, Polio) 10. 1918: The Spanish Flu Isn't Spanish 11. Coronaviruses (MERS, SARS, COVID-19) 12. The Future Bibliography Index
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