Altman, Steven-Elliot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Pub. Group 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALTMidthun, Joseph
Summary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the human body's immune response to infectious disease"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.07 MIDSummary: "A gripping tale of microbes, medicine and money, Under our skin exposes the hidden story of Lyme disease, one of the most controversial and fastest growing epidemics of our time. Each year, thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, often told that their symptoms are 'all in their head.' Following the stories of patients and physicians fighting for their lives and livelihoods, the film brings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Eye Pictures 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNDShepard, Jim
Summary: "A spare and gripping novel about the next pandemic--completed by the award-winning Jim Shepard before COVID-19 even emerged--that reads like a fictional sequel to our current crisis. In a tiny settlement on the west coast of Greenland, 11-year-old Aleq and his best friend, frequent trespassers at a mining site exposed to mountains of long-buried and thawing permafrost, carry what they pick up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHESummary: Robert Neville is the last human survivor in what is left of New York City. A pandemic has left only 1% of the population alive and most of those who survived are no longer human. The infected, now lurking in the shadows, watch Neville's every move. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by the only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LEGLesage, Marla
Summary: "In this picture book, readers are introduced to all sorts of professionals and other people who wear masks in their daily lives and are reminded that wearing a mask to limit the spread of germs is an act of kindness."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LESHansen, Grace
Summary: Factual yet simple text about the rise of COVID-19, how it spreads, and steps we can take to avoid spreading disease to others. Colorful diagrams show how viruses enter a host and replicate in cells, and explain how lower-respiratory illnesses affect people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids Jumbo, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.5 HANNielsen, Jennifer A.
Summary: When the lethal plague known as the Scourge returns to Keldan the victims are sent to Attic Island, and Ani Mells of the River People is among them--but Ani does not feel sick, and with the help of her best friend, Weevil, she sets out to uncover the truth of what is happening, and expose the lies the people of Keldan have been told.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION NIEHernández, Daisy
Summary: "Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernández believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family, in either the United States or Colombia, spoke of infectious diseases, and even into her thirties, she only knew that her aunt had died of a rare illness called Chagas. But as Hernández dug deeper, she discovered that Chagas--or the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 0000
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT 616.9 HERHernández, Daisy
Summary: "Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernández believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family, in either the United States or Colombia, spoke of infectious diseases, and even into her thirties, she only knew that her aunt had died of a rare illness called Chagas. But as Hernández dug deeper, she discovered that Chagas--or the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9 HERSummary: "Provides basic consumer health information about the transmission and treatment of diseases spread from person to person, along with facts about prevention, self-care, and drug resistance. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Omnigraphics 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9 CONNhin, Mary
Summary: Through a child's eyes, the world may seem chaotic with coronavirus (COVID19), masks, and social distancing. Masked Ninja explains what's going on in our current pandemic and shows us actionable steps we can take to prevent the spread of viruses and racism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grow Grit Press, LLC 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E NhiTintera, Amy
Summary: When the president's son, Lennon, is kidnapped and pushed out of an airplane over the Q, a vast quarantine zone, Maisie gives him a seventy-two hour vaccine and together the two teenagers attempt to fight their way through the Q in order to survive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022
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Summary: When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HADMacgregor, Eloise
Summary: As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread around the world, it's left many adults and children searching for answers about how they can stay safe. By focusing on facts presented in a relatable way rather than fear, this illustrated guide to health and safety gives children the tools they need to understand what's happening in the world and to discover how they can become a virus warrior. Facts about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 579.2 MACLaughlin, Kara L.
Summary: "A kid-friendly look at the economic and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as why businesses are closed, why people are losing jobs, and how the environment is being (positively) impacted in the absence of industry. Additional features include informative captions, interesting factual sidebars, suggested activities, a phonetic glossary, resources for further research,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.5 LAUSummary: A plague of global proportions. Anarchy in the streets. The collapse of government and the rule of law--perhaps even the end of civilization itself!--followed by the rise of tyranny and vigilantism. Present-day Britain has fallen prey to a particularly nasty influenza virus. Within days, it's clear that the disease won't be easily contained; within a couple of weeks, at least 90 percent of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2 Entertain Video Ltd. 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SURSummary: "Lessons from the Covid War is plain-spoken and clear sighted. It cuts through the enormous jumble of information to make some sense of it all and answer: What just happened to us, and why? And crucially, how, next time, could we do better? Because there will be a next time. The Covid war showed Americans that their wondrous scientific knowledge had run far ahead of their organized ability to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 LESSummary: As the Ebola epidemic threatens to spiral out of control, NOVA reports from the hot zone, where courageous medical teams struggle to cope with a flood of victims, to labs where scientists are racing to test vaccines and find a cure. Surviving Ebola includes chilling firsthand interviews of what it's like to catch and survive this terrible affliction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SURQuammen, David
Summary: "The story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 QUASummary: "In 1951 at Fort Detrick, Maryland, construction crews built a hollow metal sphere four stories high. Inside germ weapons were to be exploded, creating mists of infectious aerosols for testing on animals....and people. Employees called it the eight ball. In their eighteen month long journey Grey and Russell travel the country in search of answers and interview top experts in the world of Lyme...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNDThomas, Rachael L.
Summary: This title examines actions of national leaders to combat the spread of COVID-19 such as the Trump Administration's declaration of a public health emergency and creation of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, the WHO's pandemic declaration, and the actions of national governors and global leaders to stop the spread.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920.00904 THOMacgregor, Eloise
Summary: A medida que la pandemia de COVID-19 se ha extendido por todo el mundo, ha dejado a muchos adultos y niños buscando respuestas sobre cómo pueden mantenerse a salvo. Al centrarse en los hechos presentados de una manera identificable en lugar del miedo, esta guía ilustrada de salud y seguridad brinda a los niños las herramientas que necesitan para comprender lo que está sucediendo en el mundo y...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 579.2 MACRollins, James
Summary: The mysterious reappearance of the body of a missing CIA agent lost in Brazil four years earlier sparks a mission into the Amazon by a team of American scientists and military people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 2003