Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)
Cumulative number of reported suspect and probable cases (SARS) Cumulative Number of Reported Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Cumulative Number of Reported Probable § Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Cumulative ... [... more]
World Health Organization |
Late Blight of Potato
Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) of potato is a very destructive fungal disease. In the mid 1840's this fungus reached epidemic proportions in Ireland and was responsible for the Irish potato famine. Late blight, by name alone, indicates this ... [... more]
University of Saskatchewan |
Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)
Any infectious agents or toxic chemical could in theory be engineered for deliberate use as a weapon. Experts in this field believe that smallpox, anthrax, botulism and plague are the pathogens most likely to be used. However, most if not all ... [... more]
World Health Organization |
Eileen Behan
THE TIME TO ENCOURAGE HEALTHY EATING HABITS AND SMART FOOD CHOICES FOR YOUR CHILD IS NOW. Unhealthy food is everywhere-colorfully packaged, cheap, and full of fat, calories, and sodium. It's no wonder childhood obesity has become an epidemic in ... [... more]
Random House |
Margot Dionne
The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men In a Race Against an Epidemic The year is 1925. It is sixty degrees below zero. The wind sweeps tons of snow over the deep-frozen Alaskan landscape. The nearest railhead is seven hundred miles away. Airplanes ... [... more]
Random House |
Enrique Gratas
El Arte de la Infidelidad by nationally-known Univision journalist Enrique Gratas, talks about the growing epidemic of infidelity. Gratas has the unique ability to talk about this taboo subject in ways that both enlighten and inform. His global ... [... more]
Random House |
Chris Burns
Myla Goldberg, David Aaron Baker, Chris Burns and Ilyana Kadushin The triumphant follow-up to the bestselling is an epic but intimate novel about a young Irish-American woman facing down tragedy during the Great Flu epidemic of 1918. leads us ... [... more]
Random House |
Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, ...
 From Amazon.com: In Tangled Memories, Marita Sturken attempts to explain how events take on cultural meaning through what she calls "technologies of memory," primarily monuments, texts, icons and images. She argues memory has as much to do with [... more]
CDN$28.08
Amazon CA |
Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic
Valuable contribution: Cancer prevention largely forgotten in the race for a cure Cancer: 101 Solutions to Preventable Epidemic by Liz Armstrong, Guy Dauncey and Anne Wordsworth (New Society, 2007) Finding a cure for cancer is the dream of so many [... more]
CDN$25.95
Amazon CA |
Epidemic of Care: A Call for Safer, Better, and More ...
an important take on health care: This was a highly informative take on a topic that is sure to become even more urgent as time goes on. A must-read for health care workers as well as any citizen interested in understanding how our health care system [... more]
CDN$41.99
Amazon CA |
Epidemic: Obesity Harassment Bullying
WHAT A GREAT BOOK: I bought Epidemic for my wife and I, we were worried for are son, just being new to high school. When my wife and I finished reading Epidemic, we learned so much about what our son could be going through. The Author did such a great [... more]
CDN$23.03
Amazon CA |
When Germs Travel: Six major epidemics that have invaded ...
Fabulous!!!!: I loved this book. If you love medical history, public health, or simply a great read about epidemics, plagues, and politics, run to your book store and buy this book!! Author: Howard Markel Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 614.4973 [... more]
CDN$37.00
Amazon CA |
