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Epidemiology & Disease

Epidemiology & Disease

Last updated: May 05, 2025

    The best books on Pandemics, recommended by Christian W. McMillen

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    The best books on Pandemics - Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany by Carlo Cippolla

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    Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany
    by Carlo Cippolla

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    The best books on Pandemics - Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life by James Daschuk

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    Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life
    by James Daschuk

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    The best books on Pandemics - The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria by Randall Packard

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    The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria
    by Randall Packard

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    The best books on Pandemics - American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic by Nancy Bristow

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    American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
    by Nancy Bristow

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    The best books on Pandemics - Epidemic Invasions: Yellow Fever and the Limits of Cuban Independence, 1878–1930 by Mariola Espinosa

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    Epidemic Invasions: Yellow Fever and the Limits of Cuban Independence, 1878–1930
    by Mariola Espinosa

  • With coronavirus causing widespread panic, we would do well to educate ourselves about the history of pandemics and disease. University of Virginia historian and associate dean Christian W. McMillen, author of Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction, recommends the best introductions to the subject.

  • The best books on Pandemics - Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany by Carlo Cippolla
  • The best books on Pandemics - Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life by James Daschuk
  • The best books on Pandemics - The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria by Randall Packard
  • The best books on Pandemics - American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic by Nancy Bristow
  • The best books on Pandemics - Epidemic Invasions: Yellow Fever and the Limits of Cuban Independence, 1878–1930 by Mariola Espinosa

The best books on Pandemics, recommended by Christian W. McMillen

With coronavirus causing widespread panic, we would do well to educate ourselves about the history of pandemics and disease. University of Virginia historian and associate dean Christian W. McMillen, author of Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction, recommends the best introductions to the subject.

The best books on Pandemics, recommended by Christian W. McMillen

    The best books on HIV/Aids, recommended by Arthur Ammann

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    The best books on HIV/Aids - The Plague by Albert Camus

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    The Plague
    by Albert Camus

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    The best books on HIV/Aids - The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett

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    The Coming Plague
    by Laurie Garrett

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    The best books on HIV/Aids - And the Band Played on by Randy Shilts

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    And the Band Played on
    by Randy Shilts

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    The best books on HIV/Aids - Plagues and Peoples by William McNeill

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    Plagues and Peoples
    by William McNeill

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    The best books on HIV/Aids - The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS by Helen Epstein

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    The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS
    by Helen Epstein

  • When dealing with epidemics, science does not have all the answers and relying on a new miracle drug is not always the solution. We must also learn the lessons of history, argues the veteran doctor of the HIV/Aids epidemic, Arthur Ammann.

  • The best books on HIV/Aids - The Plague by Albert Camus
  • The best books on HIV/Aids - The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett
  • The best books on HIV/Aids - And the Band Played on by Randy Shilts
  • The best books on HIV/Aids - Plagues and Peoples by William McNeill
  • The best books on HIV/Aids - The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS by Helen Epstein

The best books on HIV/Aids, recommended by Arthur Ammann

When dealing with epidemics, science does not have all the answers and relying on a new miracle drug is not always the solution. We must also learn the lessons of history, argues the veteran doctor of the HIV/Aids epidemic, Arthur Ammann.

The best books on HIV/Aids, recommended by Arthur Ammann

    The best books on Radiation, recommended by Timothy J. Jorgensen

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    The best books on Radiation - The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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    The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
    by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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    The best books on Radiation - Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

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    Thunderstruck
    by Erik Larson

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    The best books on Radiation - Moneyball by Michael Lewis

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    Moneyball
    by Michael Lewis

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    The best books on Radiation - The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean

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    The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
    by Sam Kean

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    The best books on Radiation - Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin

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    Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
    by Dan Fagin

  • Public understanding of radiation needs to improve if people are to properly assess its benefits and risks argues author and academic, Timothy Jorgensen. From the discovery of radio to a cancer cluster in New Jersey, he chooses highly readable books illuminating different aspects of radiation.

  • The best books on Radiation - The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
  • The best books on Radiation - Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
  • The best books on Radiation - Moneyball by Michael Lewis
  • The best books on Radiation - The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
  • The best books on Radiation - Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin

The best books on Radiation, recommended by Timothy J. Jorgensen

Public understanding of radiation needs to improve if people are to properly assess its benefits and risks argues author and academic, Timothy Jorgensen. From the discovery of radio to a cancer cluster in New Jersey, he chooses highly readable books illuminating different aspects of radiation.

The best books on Radiation, recommended by Timothy J. Jorgensen

    The best books on Public Health, recommended by Thomas Frieden

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    The best books on Public Health - Vaccinated by Paul A Offit, MD

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    Vaccinated
    by Paul A Offit, MD

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    The best books on Public Health - House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox by William H Foege

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    House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox
    by William H Foege

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    The best books on Public Health - Inside the Outbreaks by Mark Pendergrast

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    Inside the Outbreaks
    by Mark Pendergrast

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    The best books on Public Health - Tobacco: A Global Threat by John Crofton and David Simpson

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    Tobacco: A Global Threat
    by John Crofton and David Simpson

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    The best books on Public Health - Rose’s Strategy of Preventive Medicine by Geoffrey Rose

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    Rose’s Strategy of Preventive Medicine
    by Geoffrey Rose

  • Infectious disease expert—and former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Thomas Frieden, takes us inside the world of fighting epidemics, eradicating disease and confronting the preventable damage we do to ourselves.

  • The best books on Public Health - Vaccinated by Paul A Offit, MD
  • The best books on Public Health - House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox by William H Foege
  • The best books on Public Health - Inside the Outbreaks by Mark Pendergrast
  • The best books on Public Health - Tobacco: A Global Threat by John Crofton and David Simpson
  • The best books on Public Health - Rose’s Strategy of Preventive Medicine by Geoffrey Rose

The best books on Public Health, recommended by Thomas Frieden

Infectious disease expert—and former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Thomas Frieden, takes us inside the world of fighting epidemics, eradicating disease and confronting the preventable damage we do to ourselves.

The best books on Public Health, recommended by Thomas Frieden

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