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> Tag: infectious disease

Maybe save this one for 2021.

Pandemic by Sonia Shah

April 14, 2020 by Ellesfena 5 Comments

I love reading about infectious diseases, I really do. And I love reading about the history of public health, particularly in relation to infectious diseases and pandemics. But was it wise to read a book about pandemics, and the weaknesses in our public health infrastructure, at this particular moment in time? Perhaps not! It’s impossible to review this book without acknowledging the very weird time we are in, and the fact that Sonia Shah, like so many other infectious disease journalists and experts around the […]

Filed Under: Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cholera, covid, infectious disease, pandemic, Sonia Shah

Ellesfena's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: cholera, covid, infectious disease, pandemic, Sonia Shah ·
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This Book has Everything: Buboes, Iron Lungs, a Kennedy, and a Vegan Teetotaler Who’s Actually a Pretty Cool Guy

September 4, 2017 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

I wish I could remember what it was that first sparked my interest in communicable diseases (and some noncommunicable), but I’ll tell you, there are just not enough books out there to quench my thirst on this topic. I’ve read just about every public health book on the subject that I can get my hands on (and if anyone out there has read a great book on malaria, please send it my way. I’ve been looking for one for a few years now). Get Well […]

Filed Under: Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: epidemics, infectious disease, jennifer wright, public health

Ellesfena's CBR9 Review No:37 · Genres: Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: epidemics, infectious disease, jennifer wright, public health ·
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Fault Lines

February 21, 2016 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

This book was a huge disappointment. I’m a public health nerd, and my standards for a book about infectious disease is pretty low. Rising Plague didn’t meet them. The book starts with an introduction to multi-drug resistant bacteria, which is illustrated with stories of real patients Dr. Spellberg has treated, and then moves into an exploration of the pharmaceutical industry, and the barriers to creating new antibiotics. This section was pretty successful. The patient case studies are interesting, and I learned quite a bit about pharmaceutical companies, […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: antibiotic resistance, infectious disease, mrsa, public health

Ellesfena's CBR8 Review No:8 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: antibiotic resistance, infectious disease, mrsa, public health ·
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