Influenza, the hundred-year hunt to cure the deadliest disease in history, Jeremy Brown, MD, MHS
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Influenza, the hundred-year hunt to cure the deadliest disease in history, Jeremy Brown, MD, MHS
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Influenza
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1084640520
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Jeremy Brown, MD, MHS
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Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
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the hundred-year hunt to cure the deadliest disease in history
Summary
"On the 100th anniversary of the pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, veteran ER doctor and Director of Emergency Care Research at the National Institutes of Health, explores the troubling and complex history of the flu virus. He breaks down the current dialogue about the disease, explaining the controversy over vaccinations, antriviral drugs, and the federal government's role in preparing for pandemic outbreaks"--adapted from back cover
Table of contents
Enemas, bloodletting, and whiskey: Treating the flu -- The jolly rant: A history of the virus -- "Something fierce": the Spanish flu of 1918 -- "Am I gonna die?": Round two, and three, and four ... -- Resurrecting the flu -- Data, intuition, and othe weapons of war -- Your evening flu forecast -- The fault in our stockpiles: Tamiflu and the cure that wasn't there -- The hunt for a flu vaccine -- The business of flu
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