Product Description: Can you imagine what our lives would be like after an outbreak of super-plague? How would people respond to the danger and how would medical professionals cope? What would be the threats to public order and to the things we take for granted, such as the supply of food and energy? This book traces the possible consequences of a global event on this scale, with ideas and evidence based on similar scenarios that are a part of fact and fiction...read more

Product Description: Students learn about the history of pandemics, about some of the most common infectious diseases today, and what treatments, measures, and plans are being used to prevent their spread. Includes organizations to contact, bibliography, and index. 144 pages.

Featuring supplemental side bars that explain key scientific and social issues, a scientific reporter journeys around the world, investigating deadly diseases, exploring the state of health care in the developing world, and revealing the dangers we face in a global society.