This is the definition of a 3 star book-nothing too bad and nothing about it grabs you and makes sit up and take notice(other than a chilling, direct quote from Jack London's description regarding East End Children dancing for the organ grinder and how that is completely absent as adults).The cr...
Slave ships brought it to America as far back as 1648-and over the centuries, yellow fever epidemics plagued the United States. Carried along the mighty Mississippi River, it ravaged towns from New Orleans to St. Louis. New York City lost 2,000 lives in one year alone. It even forced the nation's...
He had been suffering for four days from cramping, abdominal pain and severe headache. Then, he developed a fever approaching 103 degrees. The doctors in the ER thought it could be rickettsial disease, a term that covers a number of infections caused by vectors like ticks, fleas or contact with a...
The bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ disease, the Marburg virus, the Ebola virus, and HIV conjure a palpable fear because they are relatively new to us, the diseases they cause can be lethal, and there is no vaccine. The word “outbreak” brings to mind secured labs, biosafety levels, and hazmat...