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2) Vaccines
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Amazing medical breakthroughs are made every day. In the past decades, medical researchers have cured diseases that were once deadly and devised new methods to heal that were once unimaginable. This title follows the development of vaccines, including the race to stop polio, groundbreaking discoveries and the doctors who made them, and where the science is heading in the future. Learn how immunization and vaccines work and how scientists are making...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This title examines the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic from its emergence in Wuhan, China, to its worldwide spread. Actions by different countries to slow its spread such as lockdowns, face masks, social distancing, and widespread testing are examined.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This title examines actions of national leaders to combat the spread of COVID-19 such as the Trump Administration's declaration of a public health emergency and creation of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, the WHO's pandemic declaration, and the actions of national governors and global leaders to stop the spread.
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"Winner of the 2020 Emory Global Health Institute Competition. Here's a book that provides children honest yet positive information about Coronavirus (COVID-19). COVID-19 HELPERS gives kids the facts of the pandemic, but also offers hope. Mr. Rogers said that when things get scary, "Look for the helpers." Likewise, this story reassures children and parents that many people from all walks of life-including kids themselves-are helping to fight the virus....
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"CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD, offers an accessible, data-packed answer to our biggest questions about Covid-19: What have we learned about this pandemic and how can we prepare for—or prevent—the next one? As America’s favorite frontline Covid-19 health journalist, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has barely left his primetime seat in his makeshift studio basement since the pandemic began (other than to perform brain surgery). He’s had...
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Our national leaders have drifted into treating the pandemic as though it were an unavoidable natural catastrophe, repeating a depressing cycle of panic followed by neglect. So a remarkable group of practitioners and scholars from many backgrounds came together determined to discover and learn lessons from this latest world war.
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Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
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2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"COVID-19 is a disease caused by a virus called SARS-CoV2. Like all viruses, it is far too small to be seen by the naked eye. Yet this virus and the disease it caused had an enormous impact on the world. Understanding COVID-19 explores how the virus and the disease work, examining what made them so dangerous and what health officials learned about fighting them. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index." --
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A suspenseful, authoritative account of how the battle against a mid-century polio epidemic sparked a revolution in medical care. Americans knew polio as the "summer plague." In countries further North, however, the virus arrived later in the year, slipping into the homes of healthy children as the summer waned and the equinox approached. It was described by one writer as "the autumn ghost." Intensive care units and mechanical ventilation are the...
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Little, Brown and Company
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2017.
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English
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We are facing an overwhelming army of deadly, invisible enemies. We need a plan-before it's too late. Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating effects but are limited to individuals and their families, infectious disease has the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, overwhelming public and private resources and bringing trade and...
16) Emerging infectious diseases: Asian SARS outbreak challenged international and national responses
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U.S. General Accounting Office
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[2004]
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English
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Recounts the scientific adventures of a group of individuals who, part homicide detectives, part physicians, investigate infectious outbreaks around the world, discovering the truth behind unexplained deaths and alarming headlines.
20) Wash your hands!
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Sing along with Baby Shark and friends as they wash their fins.