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This taut 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...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
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404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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A new virus descended on the human species in 2019 wreaking unprecedented havoc. Finding out where it came from and how it first jumped into people is an urgent priority, but early expectations that this would prove an easy question to answer have been dashed. Nearly two years into the pandemic, the crucial mystery of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is not only unresolved but has deepened. In this uniquely insightful book, a scientist and a writer join...
3) The first shots: the epic rivalries and heroic science behind the race to the Coronavirus vaccine
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Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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xviii, 302 pages ; 24 cm
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An award-winning journalist, drawing on high-level access, presents the full inside story of the high-stakes, global race of the lifesaving vaccine to end the pandemic.
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Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2021]
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xxiii, 355 pages ; 24 cm
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Chronicles the efforts to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, describing how a small, unlikely group of scientists and executives overcame corporate clashes and unexpected drama to create effective, lifesaving vaccines within a short amount of time.
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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496 pages cm
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"Setting the great crisis of 2020 in broad historical perspective, Niall Ferguson challenges the conventional wisdom that our failure to cope better with disaster was solely a crisis of political leadership, as opposed to a more profound systemic problem. Disasters are by their very nature hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises and wars, are not normally distributed; there is no cycle of history to help us anticipate...
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Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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xix, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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"The exclusive, first-hand, behind-the-scenes story of how Pfizer raced to create the first COVID-19 vaccine, told by Pfizer's Chairman and CEO Dr. Albert Bourla"--
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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274 pages ; 24 cm
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The Chief Medical Correspondent at ABC News presents a guide to resilience in the era of COVID, sharing insights into how to understand evolving medical updates, adapt to evolving norms, and make responsible choices throughout the pandemic.
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Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"When the pandemic emerges in Wuhan, thirteen-year-old Mei discovers that her love of cooking can make a difference in a locked-down city that is filled with uncertainty and panic"--
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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xx, 576 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Details how research to develop preemptive vaccines for animal viruses before they jump to humans--research that could also be used for the development of bioweapons--was outsourced to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and reveals the conspiracy to hide the source and origin of the COVID-19 virus.
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Oberon
Pub. Date
2020.
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215 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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"En el siglo XXI hemos sufrido tres epidemias debidas a Coronavirus, pero la actual, provocada por el SARS-CoV-2, es la de mayor extensión, impacto sanitario y consecuencias sociales y económicas. Al tratarse de una epidemia reciente, vamos conociendo día a día su comportamiento, patrón de transmisión y la gravedad de la enfermedad que produce, la COVID-19, pero existe todavía un alto grado de incertidumbre sobre su evolución. ¿Por qué ha...
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Crown
Pub. Date
2022.
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384 pages 25 cm.
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"An engrossing family history of coronaviruses and the modern-day scientific quest to conquer viral epidemics forever. The urgency of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic has fixed humanity's gaze on the present crisis. But the story of this pandemic extendsfar further back than many realize. In this engrossing narrative, epidemiologist Dan Werb traces the rising threat of the coronavirus family and the attempts by a small group of scientists who worked...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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xi, 493 pages ; 24 cm
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Identifying the reasons why the U.S. was so underprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, a former FDA commissioner and current contributor to CNBC presents an essential inside account of one of the most tragic, and preventable, failures in American history.
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Center Street
Pub. Date
2022.
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277 pages ; 23 cm.
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"In Longshot, investigative journalist David Heath takes readers inside the small group of scientists whose groundbreaking work was once largely dismissed but whose feat will now eclipse the importance of Jonas Salk?s polio vaccine in medical history. With never-before-reported details, Heath reveals how these scientists overcame countless obstacles to give the world an unprecedented head start when we needed a COVID-19 vaccine. The story really begins...
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Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2021.
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64 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
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Explains the science behind the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other epidemics throughout history, with information on ways to treat and prevent disease, and how to cope with unsettling emotions.
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The Sager Group LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
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214 pages ; 23 cm
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For three decades in the Los Angeles Times, Erskine's columns explored modern fatherhood and family life, from the absurd to the mundane, the sublime to the heartbreaking. Now, with Lavender in Your Lemonade: A Funny and Touching Covid Diary, he tackles the New Normal with his chronicle of daily life under the frustrating, terrifying, and sometimes antic strictures of a world-wide pandemic. No, it's not funny. And yet somehow, in Erskine's hands,...
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