Bibliograph

Deadly viruses, Noah Berlatsky, book editor

Type

Label

Deadly viruses, Noah Berlatsky, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-204) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Deadly viruses

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

914445877

Responsibility statement

Noah Berlatsky, book editor

Series statement

Current controversies

Table Of Contents

Is ebola a serious threat? The world is in denial about ebola's true threat / Michael Gerson ; Obama announces military response to ebola / Gregory Korte ; Ebola threat in US, and we're not prepared to contain it, experts warn / Luis Fábregas, Adam Smeltz, and Megha Satyanarayana ; Confronting the global threat posed by ebola by investing in global public goods / David Gartner ; Why we won't have an ebola cure or vaccine for years / Jeffrey Young ; Treating ebola as a military issue is endangering safety and health / Yanzhong Huang ; Five public health threats in Texas scarier than ebola / Anna C. Gragsbaek ; Vaccines and treatments are being developed to treat ebola / World Health Organization -- Should vaccines against deadly viruses be compulsory? Measles can kill, and it's spreading. Sue parents who didn't vaccinate? Absolutely / Dan Diamond ; School vaccination exemptions should be restricted / Emily Oshima Lee, Lindsay Rosenthal, and Gabriel Scheffler ; Educating anti-vaxxers doesn't work / Chris Mooney ; Tighter immigration vaccination policies are needed / Edith N. Nyangoma et al. ; Anti-vaxxers hould have the right to choose not to vaccinate / Jeffrey A. Singer ; Education can convince parents to vaccinate / Cochrane Community ; Forget "anti-vaxxers". The Disney measles outbreak could change the minds of a more crucial group / Todd C. Frankel ; Fear of unvaccinated immigrants is overblown / Rachel Pearson -- Does an HIV/AIDS crisis still exist? African Americans face an ongoing AIDS crisis / Irene Monroe ; China continues to struggle with its AIDS crisis / Malcolm Moore ; Hemophobia in Russia is fueling an AIDS crisis / Hayato Watanabe ; The AIDS epidemic continues in Africa / AVERT ; All these AIDS "cures" are a fantasy -- one that can cause real harm / Kent Sepkowitz ; South Africa is beating its AIDS epidemic / Jina Moore ; Australia's AIDS crisis is over / Abigail Groves ; Researchers have renewed hope for an HIV cure / Mary Engel -- What are other controversies about deadly viruses? Save the smallpox virus / David Boze ; Eliminate the smallpox virus / Gareth Williams ; Do not require flu vaccines for health-care workers / Michael Gardam, Camille Lemieux, and Susy Hota ; Bird flu research will not create a bioweapon / Peter Christian Hall ; Eliminating polio is a worthwhile goal / Matthieu Aikins ; Eliminating polio may be impossible / Daniel Stolte -- Organizations to contact

Target audience

adolescent

Classification