Killer Germs
by Barry E. Zimmerman | 
Beating Back the Devil
by Maryn McKenna |
Virus X
by Frank Ryan | 
The Viral Storm
by Nathan Wolfe | 
Spillover
by David Quammen |
The Devil's Flu
by Pete Davies |
Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC
by Joseph B. McCormick | 
Uranium
by Tom Zoellner | 
Fool Me Twice
by Shawn Lawrence Otto | 
Pandemic
by Sonia Shah |
Influenza
by Jeremy Brown | 
The Hot Zone
by Richard Preston | 
The Demon in the Freezer
by Richard Preston |
Rabid
by Bill Wasik |
A Field Guide to Germs
by Wayne Biddle |
Deadly Choices
by Paul A. Offit |
Disease
by Mary Dobson | 
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman | 
Merchants of Doubt
by Naomi Oreskes | 
Toms River
by Dan Fagin |
Unpurified drinking water. Improper use of antibiotics. Local warfare. Massive refugee migration. Changing social and environmental conditions around the world have fostered the spread of new and potentially devastating viruses and diseases - HIV, Lassa, Ebola, and others. Laurie Garrett takes you on a fifty-year journey through the world's battles with microbes and examines the worldwide conditions that have culminated in recurrent outbreaks of newly discovered diseases, epidemics of diseases migrating to new areas, and mutated old diseases that are no longer curable. She argues that it is not too late to take action to prevent the further onslaught of viruses and microbes, and offers possible solutions for a healthier future.