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    Fresh Air Archive: Dr. Donald Francis, Hörbuch, Digital, 40min
    Epidemiologist Dr. Donald Francis on this archival edition of Fresh Air. In the mid 1970's he was in Sudan helping to contain the Ebola virus, which had then just been identified. Francis was also on the forefront of research on AIDS and the HIV virus. He was director of the CDC's AIDS Laboratory Activities, and worked closely with the Institut Pasteur to prove that HIV was the cause of AIDS. Francis is currently doing research to develop a vaccine for HIV. (Original Broadcast Date: May 18, 1995) Language: English. Narrator: Terry Gross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/whyy/000761/rt_whyy_000761_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fresh Air, David Snowdon, Hörbuch, Digital, 45min
    Epidemiologist and one of the world's leading experts on Alzheimer's disease, David Snowdon, on this archive edition of Fresh Air. In 1986 Snowdon began what he calls the Nun Study, following a group of aging nuns to better understand why some of the sisters were able to age gracefully, retaining their mental faculties, and others were not. He studied 678 nuns who belonged to The School Sisters of Notre Dame. His study was published in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. It's also the subject of Snowdon's book, Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives. Snowdon is Professor of Neurology at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. (Original Broadcast Date: May 8, 2001) Language: English. Narrator: Terry Gross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/whyy/021119/rt_whyy_021119_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Agora Virus , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1125min
    For reclusive germophobe, Frank Talbot, dealing with his crippling fear of contamination and germs has always been a challenge, but now he may have no choice. After a mysterious outbreak of a highly lethal virus ravages the globe and hundreds succumb to the contagious illness, the US government instigates a cordon sanitaire in major cities to contain it from spreading rapidly around the nation. At the onset of the epidemic, his ex-wife, Kate, an epidemiologist for the CDC, warns Frank and their daughter, Ella, to prepare for the worst. The only hope of survival is retreating to their cottage on one of the isolated islands in the St. Lawrence River. Desperation breeds anxiety. Their survival depends on fighting back and they're determined to survive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adam Verner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/podm/000547/bk_podm_000547_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Far from Home: Camille Carter Mysteries, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 87min
    During her first mission after graduating from the field training epidemiology program at the CDC, Camille Carter gets wrapped up in a new mystery surrounding an outbreak that is affecting only the children at Our Community Health Clinic in a small rural town in Nigeria. With the help of Dr. Lee, a Doctors Without Borders physician, Camille attempts to uncover the origin of the outbreak before it takes one more child's life. With a new romance budding, Camille looks for answers in all the wrong places. Author's note: This mystery is the second in a series but you didn't have to hear the first book to enjoy it. All Camille Carter mysteries can be heard as stand-alone books and follow Camille's adventures as an epidemiologist unravelling medical mysteries around the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julie Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/090998/bk_acx0_090998_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    On Pandemics (eBook, ePUB)
    Containing important information about the coronavirus, this comprehensive, easy-to-follow primer on pandemics, epidemics, and the panics they ignite around the world also shares solutions for a safer, healthier future. "A quiet little gem of understanding in a cacophony of panic and fear." -Quill & Quire, STARRED review Authored by a leading epidemiologist, this engrossing book answers our questions about animal diseases that jump to humans-called zoonoses-including what attracts them to humans, why they have become more common in recent history, and how we can keep them at bay. Almost all pandemics and epidemics have been caused by diseases that come to us from animals, including SARS, Ebola, and-now-Covid-19. Epidemiologist, veterinarian, and ecosystem health specialist, David Waltner-Toews, gathers the latest research to profile dozens of illnesses in On Pandemics. Chapters are broken into short, dynamic explainers, each one tackling a different disease. Readers will discover: Why zoonotic diseases jump from animals to humans-and why some decide to stick around for good. How governments have responded to pandemics and epidemics throughout history, for better or for worse. The role of climate change, industrialized farming, cultural practices, biodiversity loss, and globalization in making these diseases not only possible, but inevitable outcomes of our modern lifestyles. Coronaviruses, such as those that cause SARS and Covid-19, have likely made bats their home for centuries. Until SARS came along, we didn't know they were there, nor do we know how many other death-dealing viruses might be living undetected in wildlife. On Pandemics shows the greater impact of animal-borne diseases on our world, and encourages us to re-examine our role in pandemics, if not for our own health, then for the health of our planet. Published originally in 2007 as The Chickens Fight Back: Pandemic Panics and Deadly Diseases that Jump from Animals to Humans, this book has been updated in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Waltner-Toews makes truly entertaining reading." -Globe and Mail "A page-turner presented with irreverent humour and many hair-raising anecdotes." -Vitality Magazine
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    Black Monday , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 736min
    When a Muslim cleric predicts planes will fall from the sky, America braces for a terrorist attack. But when the prediction proves true, the real cause is far more terrifying: a microbe that eats oil, effectively destroying all gas-operated mechanisms. Gillette, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control, understands the devastation that the microbe could wreak. But his far-more-chilling theory is that the microbe is synthetic and the work of terrorists. When no one will listen, Gillette must take it upon himself to stop the epidemic only he can foresee. As the world's economy grinds to a crashing halt, Gillette races against the clock to find the source of the microbe and its antidote. This gripping, high-concept thriller about a virus that is eating the world's oil supply is reminiscent of Michael Crichton's best. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dick Hill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/002099/bk_blak_002099_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Pandemic
    A young man arrives at a remote hospital. He's burning with fever and barely conscious. He's also bleeding from his eyes. Fearing an Ebola-like outbreak, the World Health Organisation scrambles a rapid response team headed by leading epidemiologist Dr. Peyton Shaw. But what she finds in Kenya is beyond her worst fears. The world is facing an outbreak quite unlike anything previously documented. In just two weeks time every corner of the planet will be infected by a disease with a 95 percent fatality rate. Dr. Shaw is pitched into a race against time to trace the origin of the pathogen. But with each passing hour, her suspicions grow: this outbreak is no natural catastrophe. Haunted by her own dark secrets, Dr. Shaw will be drawn into a conspiracy of unimaginable scope and towards a revelation that will change the human race forever. Pandemic will take you inside the world's response to a deadly epidemic, blending meticulously researched science and history with the pulse-pounding fiction that has made A.G. Riddle an international bestseller.
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    First Strike: A Strikers Novella , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 185min
    Epidemiologist Giselle Quick is a happy woman. After being lured away from the CDC to work in the private sector, she now has it all: Fulfilling work, a great paycheck, and time to spend with her sons. And seriously, who wouldn’t like getting paid to play diabolical games all day? That those games save lives makes it perfect.Inside the BG Group’s laboratories, Giselle and her team game out all the possibilities of biological warfare and natural pandemics. Her Red Cell makes sure they’re prepared should the worst happen. It may be for profit, but it’s good work.There’s only one small thing to mar this perfect job and life, but it’s beginning to make Giselle nervous about BG’s intentions...they’re getting far too interested in the results of her games.First Strike is a stand-alone novella prequel to the Strikers Trilogy. There’s no need to listen to the entire series, and it can be enjoyed before or after the main trilogy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ann Christy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/205877/bk_acx0_205877_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    CRUNCH: Patterns in Shadow , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 362min
    At the dawn of the 22nd century, the Rapture Virus has claimed over a third of the world’s population. In the wake of this pandemic, futuristic megacities like Delphi, glittering, technocratic sprawls stand as bastions of safety and progress in an otherwise chaotic world. The epidemiologist, former WHO employee, and misguided idealist Richard Pythagoras Black (Py for short) finds himself out of prison on work release for one of Delphi’s foremost progenitors, the morally ambiguous megacorporation Vergeron. Py isn’t long at his new post when he stumbles upon a corpse in Delphi’s Old Town district, where a glimpse of a shadowy figure sends Py spiraling into a mystery beyond anything he could imagine.Armed with Alice, a fledgling AI tailor made by Doctor Benjamin Whitechapel with a habit of bypassing secure systems, the help of the skeptical officer Logan Maxwell, and his own relentless obsession, Py begins a journey to crunch the data, following a trail of peculiar events never previously connected, revealing a sickness running through the very heart of Delphi. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anthony Mhor. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/169280/bk_acx0_169280_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Containment: A Thriller , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 460min
    From a former US government advisor on agroterrorism comes a ripped-from-the-headlines debut thriller about a global plot to release a deadly virus and the elite response team who must try to stop it. When a gruesome new tick-borne virus breaks out near a major US city and the outbreak is traced to an extremist group in Southeast Asia, the race to stop a global bioterrorism conspiracy is on. Government epidemiologist Mariah Rossi must leave the safety of her lab to help fellow scientist and covert CIA agent Curt Kennedy track the disease back to its source. Their worldwide net leads them to an underground lab in the jungles of the Philippines, then to a deadly and climactic battle in coral reefs near Malaysian Borneo, and finally to London and back to America, where the virus must be contained. For fans of Michael Crichton and Richard Preston, this chilling, realistic thriller is a terrifying reminder of how vulnerable humans are to biological threats - and, in this instance, just one tick bite away from catastrophe. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Newbern. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007732/bk_sans_007732_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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