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From Hurricanes to Epidemics

Author : Kevin Conrad
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030550125
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book From Hurricanes to Epidemics written by Kevin Conrad and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a complete and current overview of the correlation between ocean conditions and human health, publishing comprehensively for the first time on the direct interactions among oceanography, marine biology and impacts on human health. Specifically the text addresses how changing ocean conditions result in health impacts and disruptions, with a focus on cases in the USA. The changing ocean conditions that are discussed include diminishing marine biodiversity, climactic changes such as intensified weather events, shifting sea currents and increasing sea temperature. The book addresses the resulting health issues brought about by these various ocean conditions, such as emerging infectious diseases, starvation and poisoning among impacted communities, toxic algae blooms, threatened ecosystems, and other future implications. The text was developed in conjunction with scientists from Brown University, the University of Rhode Island, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of California at Riverside and Ochsner Health, all located in areas deeply impacted by the changing Oceans. The book will be of interest to marine research scientists, health care professionals, students, and general enthusiasts of oceanography and health.

Epidemiology

Author : John Parkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (541 download)

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Download or read book Epidemiology written by John Parkin and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309177758
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before the "germ theory" of disease was described, late in the nineteenth century, humans knew that climatic conditions influence the appearance and spread of epidemic diseases. Ancient notions about the effects of weather and climate on disease remain embedded in our collective consciousness-through expressions such as "cold" for rhinovirus infections; "malaria," derived from the Latin for "bad air;" and the common complaint of feeling "under the weather." Today, evidence is mounting that earth's climate is changing at a faster rate than previously appreciated, leading researchers to view the longstanding relationships between climate and disease with new urgency and from a global perspective. On December 4 and 5, 2007, the Forum on Microbial Threats hosted a public workshop in Washington, DC to consider the possible infectious disease impacts of global climate change and extreme weather events on human, animal, and plant health, as well as their expected implications for global and national security.

Under the Weather

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309072786
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Under the Weather written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-06-29 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the dawn of medical science, people have recognized connections between a change in the weather and the appearance of epidemic disease. With today's technology, some hope that it will be possible to build models for predicting the emergence and spread of many infectious diseases based on climate and weather forecasts. However, separating the effects of climate from other effects presents a tremendous scientific challenge. Can we use climate and weather forecasts to predict infectious disease outbreaks? Can the field of public health advance from "surveillance and response" to "prediction and prevention?" And perhaps the most important question of all: Can we predict how global warming will affect the emergence and transmission of infectious disease agents around the world? Under the Weather evaluates our current understanding of the linkages among climate, ecosystems, and infectious disease; it then goes a step further and outlines the research needed to improve our understanding of these linkages. The book also examines the potential for using climate forecasts and ecological observations to help predict infectious disease outbreaks, identifies the necessary components for an epidemic early warning system, and reviews lessons learned from the use of climate forecasts in other realms of human activity.

The Viral Storm

Author : Nathan Wolfe
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805091947
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Viral Storm written by Nathan Wolfe and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The "Indiana Jones" of virus hunters reveals the complex interactions between humans and viruses, and the threat from viruses that jump from species to species"-- Provided by publisher.

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 9)

Author : Dean T. Jamison
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464805288
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 9) written by Dean T. Jamison and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the culminating volume in the DCP3 series, volume 9 will provide an overview of DCP3 findings and methods, a summary of messages and substantive lessons to be taken from DCP3, and a further discussion of cross-cutting and synthesizing topics across the first eight volumes. The introductory chapters (1-3) in this volume take as their starting point the elements of the Essential Packages presented in the overview chapters of each volume. First, the chapter on intersectoral policy priorities for health includes fiscal and intersectoral policies and assembles a subset of the population policies and applies strict criteria for a low-income setting in order to propose a "highest-priority" essential package. Second, the chapter on packages of care and delivery platforms for universal health coverage (UHC) includes health sector interventions, primarily clinical and public health services, and uses the same approach to propose a highest priority package of interventions and policies that meet similar criteria, provides cost estimates, and describes a pathway to UHC.

Natural Disasters

Author : Lee Allyn Davis
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438118783
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Natural Disasters written by Lee Allyn Davis and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-23 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the previous edition:"The author's straightforward, informative writing style makes this book easily readable by secondary school and college students."-BooklistFrom the Black Plague that spread across Europ

Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Plague!

Author : John Farndon
Publisher : Hungry Tomato ®
ISBN 13 : 1512436348
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Plague! written by John Farndon and published by Hungry Tomato ®. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being sick is horrible. But it used to be worse. Inside this book, you'll see evidence of the plagues of the past—rotting skin, dissolving lungs, and sinister swelling all over the body. Diseases like the Black Death wiped out whole towns and villages. Tuberculosis consumed young people like a bloodsucking vampire. And Smallpox left its victims scarred for life—if they survived. At the time, no one knew where these killer diseases came from or how to treat them. But eventually doctors discovered how these diseases and others were spread. Being sick isn't quite as sickening as it was in the past!

Weathering the Storm: Leading Your Organization Through a Pandemic

Author : Stephen Prior
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781478139690
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Weathering the Storm: Leading Your Organization Through a Pandemic written by Stephen Prior and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A storm is coming. None of us have ever experienced a storm like this. It could arrive very soon. But, as anyone who makes a living as a forecaster will quickly say, "On the other hand . . ." The storm is, of course, an influenza pandemic. Much has been written in the past few years about the virus known as H5N1 and its potential to develop into a pandemic. Some in the scientific community are questioning whether that will ever happen. If H5N1 does become pandemic, we have no basis for predicting whether it will be this year or 10 years from now. After all, H5N1 was first identified in birds in 1961; the first human cases did not appear until 1997.

Pox Americana

Author : Elizabeth A. Fenn
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780809078219
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (782 download)

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Download or read book Pox Americana written by Elizabeth A. Fenn and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-10-02 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A horrifying epidemic of smallpox was sweeping across the Americas when the War of Independence began, and yet little is known about it. Fenn reveals how deeply "variola" affected the outcome of the war in every colony and the lives of everyone in North America. Illustrations.

Sea of Storms

Author : Stuart B. Schwartz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691173605
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Sea of Storms written by Stuart B. Schwartz and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A panoramic social history of hurricanes in the Caribbean The diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the legacy of colonial rule. In this panoramic work of social history, Stuart Schwartz examines how Caribbean societies have responded to the dangers of hurricanes, and how these destructive storms have influenced the region's history, from the rise of plantations, to slavery and its abolition, to migrations, racial conflict, and war. Taking readers from the voyages of Columbus to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Schwartz looks at the ethical, political, and economic challenges that hurricanes posed to the Caribbean’s indigenous populations and the different European peoples who ventured to the New World to exploit its riches. He describes how the United States provided the model for responding to environmental threats when it emerged as a major power and began to exert its influence over the Caribbean in the nineteenth century, and how the region’s governments came to assume greater responsibilities for prevention and relief, efforts that by the end of the twentieth century were being questioned by free-market neoliberals. Schwartz sheds light on catastrophes like Katrina by framing them within a long and contentious history of human interaction with the natural world. Spanning more than five centuries and drawing on extensive archival research in Europe and the Americas, Sea of Storms emphasizes the continuing role of race, social inequality, and economic ideology in the shaping of our responses to natural disaster.

Weathering the Storm

Author : Stephen Prior
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Weathering the Storm written by Stephen Prior and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds

Author : Paul Farmer
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374716986
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds written by Paul Farmer and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Paul Farmer brings his considerable intellect, empathy, and expertise to bear in this powerful and deeply researched account of the Ebola outbreak that struck West Africa in 2014. It is hard to imagine a more timely or important book.” —Bill and Melinda Gates "[The] history is as powerfully conveyed as it is tragic . . . Illuminating . . . Invaluable." —Steven Johnson, The New York Times Book Review In 2014, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea suffered the worst epidemic of Ebola in history. The brutal virus spread rapidly through a clinical desert where basic health-care facilities were few and far between. Causing severe loss of life and economic disruption, the Ebola crisis was a major tragedy of modern medicine. But why did it happen, and what can we learn from it? Paul Farmer, the internationally renowned doctor and anthropologist, experienced the Ebola outbreak firsthand—Partners in Health, the organization he founded, was among the international responders. In Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds, he offers the first substantive account of this frightening, fast-moving episode and its implications. In vibrant prose, Farmer tells the harrowing stories of Ebola victims while showing why the medical response was slow and insufficient. Rebutting misleading claims about the origins of Ebola and why it spread so rapidly, he traces West Africa’s chronic health failures back to centuries of exploitation and injustice. Under formal colonial rule, disease containment was a priority but care was not – and the region’s health care woes worsened, with devastating consequences that Farmer traces up to the present. This thorough and hopeful narrative is a definitive work of reportage, history, and advocacy, and a crucial intervention in public-health discussions around the world.

Dengue

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9241547871
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Dengue written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2009 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is intended to contribute to prevention and control of the morbidity and mortality associated with dengue and to serve as an authoritative reference source for health workers and researchers. These guidelines are not intended to replace national guidelines but to assist in the development of national or regional guidelines. They are expected to remain valid for five years (until 2014), although developments in research could change their validity.--Publisher's description.

Unforgettable Natural Disasters

Author : Tamara Hollingsworth
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 13 : 9781433349447
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Unforgettable Natural Disasters written by Tamara Hollingsworth and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2013-03-03 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the effects of the powers of nature on the world, including disasters from earthquakes to droughts.

Epidemiology; Or, The Remote Cause of Epidemic Diseases in the Animal and in the Vegetable Creation

Author : John Parkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (148 download)

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Download or read book Epidemiology; Or, The Remote Cause of Epidemic Diseases in the Animal and in the Vegetable Creation written by John Parkin and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: