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An Elegant Defense

The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives

by Matt Richtel ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

12 hours 33 min

A magnificently reported and soulfully crafted exploration of the human immune system–the key to health and wellness, life and death. An epic, first-of-its-kind book, entwining leading-edge scientific discovery with the intimate stories of four individual lives, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times journalist.“An Elegant Defense by Matt Richtel is one of those rare nonfiction books that ... Read more

$32.99 USD

A magnificently reported and soulfully crafted exploration of the human immune system–the key to health and wellness, life and death. An epic, first-of-its-kind book, entwining leading-edge scientific discovery with the intimate stories of four individual lives, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times journalist.“An Elegant Defense by Matt Richtel is one of those rare nonfiction books that
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Preventable

The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response

by Andy Slavitt ...

Narrated by Bradley Whitford ...

Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the U.S. Coronavirus crisis from one of themost recognizable and influential voices in healthcareFrom former head of Obamacare Andy Slavitt, Preventable is the definitive inside account of the United States' failed response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Slavitt chronicles what he saw and how much could have been prevented -- an unflinching investigation of ... Read more

$26.99 USD

The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the U.S. Coronavirus crisis from one of themost recognizable and influential voices in healthcareFrom former head of Obamacare Andy Slavitt, Preventable is the definitive inside account of the United States' failed response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Slavitt chronicles what he saw and how much could have been prevented -- an unflinching investigation of
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Historias de una pandemia

El relato del infectólogo de referencia sobre el coronavirus y sus impesansables consecuencias

by FRANCISCO MORENO SANCHEZ ...

Narrated by FRANCISCO MORENO SANCHEZ ...

Unabridged

4 hours 2 min

"Paco, con su conocimiento y valentía, fue el infectólogo que a muchos nos trajo la luz en la oscuridad de esta pandemia. En este libro describe, con la claridad que lo caracteriza, lo que todos vivimos estos últimos años. Recomiendo su lectura ampliamente." -ARTURO ELÍAS AYUBEn diciembre de 2019 la noticia de una neumonía desconocida que asolaba a la ciudad china de Wuhan parecía un relato de ... Read more

$16.99 USD

"Paco, con su conocimiento y valentía, fue el infectólogo que a muchos nos trajo la luz en la oscuridad de esta pandemia. En este libro describe, con la claridad que lo caracteriza, lo que todos vivimos estos últimos años. Recomiendo su lectura ampliamente." -ARTURO ELÍAS AYUBEn diciembre de 2019 la noticia de una neumonía desconocida que asolaba a la ciudad china de Wuhan parecía un relato de
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COVID-19 and World Order

The Future of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation

Narrated by Mike Lenz ...

Unabridged

17 hours 45 min

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has killed hundreds of thousands of people and infected millions while also devastating the world economy. The consequences of the pandemic, however, go much further: they threaten the fabric of national and international politics around the world. As Henry Kissinger warned, "The coronavirus epidemic will forever alter the world order."What will be the consequences of ... Read more

$29.99 USD

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has killed hundreds of thousands of people and infected millions while also devastating the world economy. The consequences of the pandemic, however, go much further: they threaten the fabric of national and international politics around the world. As Henry Kissinger warned, "The coronavirus epidemic will forever alter the world order."What will be the consequences of
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Apollo's Arrow

The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live

by Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD ...

Narrated by Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD ...

Unabridged

12 hours 10 min

A piercing and scientifically grounded look at the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and how it will change the way we live—"excellent and timely." (The New Yorker)Apollo's Arrow offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020, and of how the recovery will unfold in the coming years. Drawing on momentous (yet dimly remembered) ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A piercing and scientifically grounded look at the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and how it will change the way we live—"excellent and timely." (The New Yorker)Apollo's Arrow offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as it swept through American society in 2020, and of how the recovery will unfold in the coming years. Drawing on momentous (yet dimly remembered)
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Remedies for Sorrow

An Extraordinary Child, a Secret Kept from Pregnant Women, and a Mother's Pursuit of the Truth

by Megan Nix ...

Narrated by Megan Nix ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

**This "compulsively readable memoir...brings to light an issue that has been too long ignored...An immensely important book" (Emily Oster, New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Better and Cribsheet).A story of a mother’s fierce love for her exceptional child and her courageous journey to break the silence about a hidden risk to pregnant women: "both a beautiful family story and an urgent ... Read more

$20.00 USD

**This "compulsively readable memoir...brings to light an issue that has been too long ignored...An immensely important book" (Emily Oster, New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Better and Cribsheet).A story of a mother’s fierce love for her exceptional child and her courageous journey to break the silence about a hidden risk to pregnant women: "both a beautiful family story and an urgent
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The American Plague

The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History

by Molly Caldwell Crosby ...

Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

Over the course of history, yellow fever has paralyzed governments, halted commerce, quarantined cities, moved the U.S. capital, and altered the outcome of wars. During a single summer in Memphis alone, it cost more lives than the Chicago fire, the San Francisco earthquake, and the Johnstown flood combined.In 1900, the U.S. sent three doctors to Cuba to discover how yellow fever was spread. There, ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Over the course of history, yellow fever has paralyzed governments, halted commerce, quarantined cities, moved the U.S. capital, and altered the outcome of wars. During a single summer in Memphis alone, it cost more lives than the Chicago fire, the San Francisco earthquake, and the Johnstown flood combined.In 1900, the U.S. sent three doctors to Cuba to discover how yellow fever was spread. There,
... Read more
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The Vaccine

Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Joe Miller, Özlem Türeci, Ugur Sahin ...

Narrated by Nathan Osgood ...

Unabridged

11 hours 34 min

The dramatic story of the married scientists who founded BioNTech and developed the first vaccine against the COVID-19 pandemic.Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Ugur Sahin told Özlem Türeci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of ... Read more

$26.99 USD

The dramatic story of the married scientists who founded BioNTech and developed the first vaccine against the COVID-19 pandemic.Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Ugur Sahin told Özlem Türeci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of
... Read more
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Viral Deception

Unveiling COVIDs Hidden Agenda

by Robert Enochs ...

Narrated by James Wilson ...

Unabridged

2 hours 23 min

Are you ready to uncover the truth behind the most disturbing global crises of our time? "Viral Deception: Unveiling COVID's Hidden Agenda" takes you on a riveting journey that may forever change your perception of the pandemic and the powers orchestrating it. Witness how a seemingly natural epidemic could be the smoke screen of this century, artfully crafted and strategically unleashed.Explore ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you ready to uncover the truth behind the most disturbing global crises of our time? "Viral Deception: Unveiling COVID's Hidden Agenda" takes you on a riveting journey that may forever change your perception of the pandemic and the powers orchestrating it. Witness how a seemingly natural epidemic could be the smoke screen of this century, artfully crafted and strategically unleashed.Explore
... Read more
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Preventable

How a Pandemic Changed the World & How to Stop the Next One

by Devi Sridhar ...

Narrated by Devi Sridhar ...

Unabridged

13 hours 47 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Preventable uses the spellbinding story of the COVID-19 pandemic to show how global politics shape our health.Professor Devi Sridhar has risen to prominence for her vital roles in communicating science to the public and speaking truth to power. In Preventable she highlights lessons learned from outbreaks past and present in a narrative that traces the COVID-19 pandemic - ... Read more

$17.74 USD

Brought to you by Penguin.Preventable uses the spellbinding story of the COVID-19 pandemic to show how global politics shape our health.Professor Devi Sridhar has risen to prominence for her vital roles in communicating science to the public and speaking truth to power. In Preventable she highlights lessons learned from outbreaks past and present in a narrative that traces the COVID-19 pandemic -
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Reaparto C-19

by Graziano Di Benedetto ...

Unabridged

3 hours 15 min

Un infermiere riceve la comunicazione che di lì a poco modificherà la sua vita famigliare e il suo lavoro.Chiamato d’urgenza al reparto covid di un ospedale piemontese, si trova di fronte a una realtà nuova, carica di incognite e di paure che superano i muri delle stanze dove per tanti si consuma la tragedia della morte.Graziano Di Benedetto racconta, o meglio, documenta questa storia dall’interno ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Un infermiere riceve la comunicazione che di lì a poco modificherà la sua vita famigliare e il suo lavoro.Chiamato d’urgenza al reparto covid di un ospedale piemontese, si trova di fronte a una realtà nuova, carica di incognite e di paure che superano i muri delle stanze dove per tanti si consuma la tragedia della morte.Graziano Di Benedetto racconta, o meglio, documenta questa storia dall’interno
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Virus

Vaccinations, the CDC, and the Hijacking of America's Response to the Pandemic

by Nina Burleigh ...

Narrated by Nina Burleigh ...

Unabridged

6 hours 3 min

A few months before the virus slammed the world, global public health experts declared the United States the most prepared for a possible pandemic. Instead, we watched as the disease killed half a million Americans. A stunned nation has been too busy grieving and doing damage control to ask why, or to comprehend just how much of the blundering and chaos of the pandemic response was either ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A few months before the virus slammed the world, global public health experts declared the United States the most prepared for a possible pandemic. Instead, we watched as the disease killed half a million Americans. A stunned nation has been too busy grieving and doing damage control to ask why, or to comprehend just how much of the blundering and chaos of the pandemic response was either
... Read more
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We Are In This Together

Finding hope and opportunity in the depths of adversity

by Beth Kempton ...

Narrated by Beth Kempton ...

Unabridged

2 hours 23 min

This global pandemic has disrupted life as we know it, in ways we could never have imagined. Even with the gradual easing of restrictions, many material challenges remain. The time has come to consider what happens next.If this experience has made you realise you want to prioritise different things from now on, and set yourself up so you feel less vulnerable to sudden change in future, We Are in ... Read more

$15.99 USD

This global pandemic has disrupted life as we know it, in ways we could never have imagined. Even with the gradual easing of restrictions, many material challenges remain. The time has come to consider what happens next.If this experience has made you realise you want to prioritise different things from now on, and set yourself up so you feel less vulnerable to sudden change in future, We Are in
... Read more
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Os vírus que nos assombram

by Vários Autores ...

Narrated by Adriana Sousa, Geraldo Cortes ...

Abridged

1 hour 27 min

Explore em Vírus que nos assombram a aterradora disseminação dos maiores vírus que marcaram a história recente da saúde global. De epidemias devastadoras a pandemias que pararam o mundo, a obra revela o impacto dos microrganismos mais temidos, detalhando como surgiram, se espalharam e foram combatidos. Com particularidades científicas e históricas, conheça os desafios enfrentados por médicos e ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Explore em Vírus que nos assombram a aterradora disseminação dos maiores vírus que marcaram a história recente da saúde global. De epidemias devastadoras a pandemias que pararam o mundo, a obra revela o impacto dos microrganismos mais temidos, detalhando como surgiram, se espalharam e foram combatidos. Com particularidades científicas e históricas, conheça os desafios enfrentados por médicos e
... Read more
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Ecos De La Gripe Española

by Santiago Machain ...

Narrated by Santiago Machain ...

Unabridged

3 hours 33 min

Este libro se adentra en la sobrecogedora pero reveladora historia de la pandemia de Gripe Española de 1918-1919, explorando sus orígenes, síntomas y su propagación global sin precedentes. Desde el impacto de la enfermedad en la vida cotidiana hasta los cambios en las políticas de salud pública, analiza las consecuencias duraderas de la pandemia sobre la sociedad, la ciencia y la cultura, ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Este libro se adentra en la sobrecogedora pero reveladora historia de la pandemia de Gripe Española de 1918-1919, explorando sus orígenes, síntomas y su propagación global sin precedentes. Desde el impacto de la enfermedad en la vida cotidiana hasta los cambios en las políticas de salud pública, analiza las consecuencias duraderas de la pandemia sobre la sociedad, la ciencia y la cultura,
... Read more
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The Great Plague

A People's History

by Evelyn Lord ...

Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

Unabridged

5 hours 34 min

Focusing on Britain's peasants, shopkeepers, and other commoners, this history of the deadly Black Plague is a "local account of the countrywide calamity" (The Times).In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague's effects on smaller towns, where every death was a singular blow affecting the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Focusing on Britain's peasants, shopkeepers, and other commoners, this history of the deadly Black Plague is a "local account of the countrywide calamity" (The Times).In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague's effects on smaller towns, where every death was a singular blow affecting the
... Read more
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What Really Happened In Wuhan

by Sharri Markson ...

Narrated by Danielle Carter ...

Unabridged

16 hours 28 min

Walkley Award-winning journalist, Sharri Markson is the Investigations Editor at The Australian and host of prime-time show Sharri on Sky News Australia.The origins of Covid-19 are shrouded in mystery. Scientists and government officials insisted, for a year and a half, that the virus had a natural origin, ridiculing anyone who dared contradict this view. Tech giants swept the internet, censoring ... Read more

$39.99 USD

Walkley Award-winning journalist, Sharri Markson is the Investigations Editor at The Australian and host of prime-time show Sharri on Sky News Australia.The origins of Covid-19 are shrouded in mystery. Scientists and government officials insisted, for a year and a half, that the virus had a natural origin, ridiculing anyone who dared contradict this view. Tech giants swept the internet, censoring
... Read more
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Booster Shots

The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health

by Adam Ratner MD, MPH ...

Narrated by Adam Ratner MD, MPH ...

Unabridged

7 hours 32 min

A pediatrician and infectious disease specialist warns of the resurgence of measles, the antivaccine movement, and how we can prepare for the next pandemicEvery single child diagnosed with measles represents a system failure—an inexcusable unforced error. The technology to prevent essentially 100 percent of measles cases has been in our hands since before the moon landing. But this serious ... Read more

$20.00 USD

A pediatrician and infectious disease specialist warns of the resurgence of measles, the antivaccine movement, and how we can prepare for the next pandemicEvery single child diagnosed with measles represents a system failure—an inexcusable unforced error. The technology to prevent essentially 100 percent of measles cases has been in our hands since before the moon landing. But this serious
... Read more
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新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎预防手册Pneumonia Prevention Handbook for Novel Coronavirus Infection

by 浙江省疾病预防控制中心Zhejiang CDC ...

Narrated by 浙江教育出版社Zhejiang Education Press ...

Unabridged

32 min

内容简介本书于2020年1月出版，由浙江出版联合集团、浙江教育出版社联合浙江省疾病预防控制中心组织专家编写。该书主要分为基础篇、诊疗篇、预防篇、常见问题篇及附录，以图文并茂、通俗易懂的方式，指导个人防护，降低传播风险。希望广大群众不信谣、不传谣，少出门、不聚会，讲卫生、戴口罩，用科学的态度、积极的措施防护自己、保护他人，打一场疫情防控的人民战争。2020年1月，湖北省武汉市多个地区发生新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎疫情。该疫情正值春运，人员流动大、范围广，疫情防控工作面临严峻挑战。打赢这场看不见硝烟的战争，必须动员更多人争分夺秒，“与病毒做一场赛跑”。浙江省疾病预防控制中心、浙江教育出版社彰显使命担当，服务大局，服务社会，服务大众连夜组织专家紧急编制《新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎预防手册》，普及疫情防控科学知识，发声指导。作者简介夏时畅，浙江省疾病预防控制中心健康促进与教育学首席专家，浙江省 ... Read more

$3.99 USD

内容简介本书于2020年1月出版，由浙江出版联合集团、浙江教育出版社联合浙江省疾病预防控制中心组织专家编写。该书主要分为基础篇、诊疗篇、预防篇、常见问题篇及附录，以图文并茂、通俗易懂的方式，指导个人防护，降低传播风险。希望广大群众不信谣、不传谣，少出门、不聚会，讲卫生、戴口罩，用科学的态度、积极的措施防护自己、保护他人，打一场疫情防控的人民战争。2020年1月，湖北省武汉市多个地区发生新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎疫情。该疫情正值春运，人员流动大、范围广，疫情防控工作面临严峻挑战。打赢这场看不见硝烟的战争，必须动员更多人争分夺秒，“与病毒做一场赛跑”。浙江省疾病预防控制中心、浙江教育出版社彰显使命担当，服务大局，服务社会，服务大众连夜组织专家紧急编制《新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎预防手册》，普及疫情防控科学知识，发声指导。作者简介夏时畅，浙江省疾病预防控制中心健康促进与教育学首席专家，浙江省
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Cabin Fever

The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic

by Michael Smith, Jonathan Franklin ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Unabridged

8 hours 17 min

The true story of the Holland America cruise ship Zaandam, which set sail with a deadly and little-understood stowaway—COVID-19—days before the world shut down in March 2020. This riveting narrative thriller takes readers behind the scenes with passengers and crew who were caught unprepared for the deadly ordeal that lay ahead.In early 2020, the world was on edge. An ominous virus was spreading on ... Read more

$20.00 USD

The true story of the Holland America cruise ship Zaandam, which set sail with a deadly and little-understood stowaway—COVID-19—days before the world shut down in March 2020. This riveting narrative thriller takes readers behind the scenes with passengers and crew who were caught unprepared for the deadly ordeal that lay ahead.In early 2020, the world was on edge. An ominous virus was spreading on
... Read more
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The Great Influenza

The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History

by John M. Barry ...

Narrated by Scott Brick ...

Unabridged

19 hours 27 min

In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four weeks than AIDS has killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, ... Read more

$20.00 USD

In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four weeks than AIDS has killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages,
... Read more
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Country of Poxes

Three Germs and the Taking of Territory

by Dr. Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay ...

Narrated by Natalie Robitaille ...

Unabridged

13 hours 12 min

Country of Poxes is the story of land theft in North America through three diseases: syphilis, smallpox and tuberculosis. These infectious diseases reveal that medical care, widely considered a magnanimous cornerstone of the Canadian state, developed in lockstep with colonial control over Indigenous land and life.Pathogens are storytellers of their time. The 500-year-old debate over the origins of ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Country of Poxes is the story of land theft in North America through three diseases: syphilis, smallpox and tuberculosis. These infectious diseases reveal that medical care, widely considered a magnanimous cornerstone of the Canadian state, developed in lockstep with colonial control over Indigenous land and life.Pathogens are storytellers of their time. The 500-year-old debate over the origins of
... Read more
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Deadliest Enemy

Our War Against Killer Germs

by Mark Olshaker, Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH ...

Narrated by Jamie Renell ...

Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

A leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone) stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics -- featuring a new preface on COVID-19.Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating effects ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone) stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics -- featuring a new preface on COVID-19.Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating effects
... Read more
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Soap and Water & Common Sense

The definitive guide to viruses, bacteria, parasites and disease

by Dr. Bonnie Henry ...

Narrated by Dawn Harvey ...

Unabridged

8 hours 9 min

The definitive guide to fighting coronaviruses, colds, flus, pandemics, and deadly diseases, from one of North America’s leading public health authorities, now updated with a new introduction on protecting yourself and others from COVID-19.Dr. Bonnie Henry, a leading epidemiologist (microbe hunter) and public health doctor at the forefront of the fight against the worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The definitive guide to fighting coronaviruses, colds, flus, pandemics, and deadly diseases, from one of North America’s leading public health authorities, now updated with a new introduction on protecting yourself and others from COVID-19.Dr. Bonnie Henry, a leading epidemiologist (microbe hunter) and public health doctor at the forefront of the fight against the worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus
... Read more

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