Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth about history's pandemics, from the Black Death to COVID-19. Perfect
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Beyond their impact on public health, epidemics shape and are shaped by political, economic, and social forces. This boo
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Pandemics can come in waves—like tidal waves! They change societies. They disrupt life. They end lives. As far back as 3
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Upon its original publication, Plagues and Peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a radically n
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Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A ph
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Beginning in the mid-19th century tremendous gains were made in the historical struggle with infectious diseases. The em
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Starting in late 2019 and continuing into 2020, the illness known as COVID-19 changed our lives—and the way we look at a
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