Public Health & Epidemiology: Books

The fascinating, untold story of the air we breathe, the hidden life it contains, and invisible dangers that can turn the world upside down. Weaves together gripping history with the latest reporting on Covid and other threats to global health.

Introduces the basics of clinical epidemiology and explores the principles and methods that can be used to obtain quantitative evidence on the effects of interventions and on the diagnosis, etiology, and prognosis of disease.

A vibrant cultural history investigating pandemics and vaccines with humanity caught between the terror of contagion and the ingenuity of science. Learn about when smallpox struck London, cholera hit Paris, plague came to India, and more.

With an emphasis on developing the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in health education and health promotion, this introductory text covers such topics as epidemiology, community organizations, program planning, minority health, mental health, environmental health, drug use and abuse, safety, and occupational health.

Describes the growing global threat of antibiotics becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance, the systematic failures that have led to it, and solutions that governments, industries, and public health specialists can adopt.

The first comprehensive history of efforts to vaccinate children from contagious disease in US schools. Drawing from extensive archival sources--including state and federal reports, court records, congressional hearings, oral interviews, correspondence, journals, school textbooks, and newspapers--the author analyzes resistance to vaccines in the context of evolving views about immunization among doctors, families, anti-vaccination groups, and school authorities.

Looks at concepts that are a foundation of our public health policies by providing an accessible explanation of how viruses emerge to cause pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work.