⚠️ Emerging Diseases

Books tracking the rise of new infectious threats — from Ebola to novel coronaviruses — and the ecological, social, and political conditions that unleash them. Urgent reading for an interconnected world.

Deadliest Enemy

by Michael T. Osterholm • 2017

Microbes evolve in 20 minutes; humans take 25 years. That gap is our deadliest vulnerability.

4.33

3k+

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Global Health Policy 🚨 Pandemic Preparedness

Deadliest Enemy 92%

Microbes evolve in 20 minutes; humans take 25 years. That gap is our deadliest vulnerability.

by Michael T. Osterholm 2017

4.33

3k+ ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Global Health Policy 🚨 Pandemic Preparedness

The Hot Zone

by Richard Preston • 1994

Ebola turns organs to liquid, kills nine in ten. In 1989, it surfaced in suburban Virginia.

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122k+

🦠 Viral Outbreaks 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases 📰 Narrative Journalism

The Hot Zone 92%

Ebola turns organs to liquid, kills nine in ten. In 1989, it surfaced in suburban Virginia.

by Richard Preston 1994

4.16

122k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Outbreaks 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases 📰 Narrative Journalism

Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them

by Mark Jerome Walters • 2003

Epidemics do not strike randomly. They follow the roads we built and the forests we cut.

3.71

178

🦠 Disease Ecology 🌍 Environmental Health 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases

Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them Summary

Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them 92%

Epidemics do not strike randomly. They follow the roads we built and the forests we cut.

by Mark Jerome Walters 2003

3.71

178 ratings

🦠 Disease Ecology 🌍 Environmental Health 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases

World War C

by Sanjay Gupta • 2021

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

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904

🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health

World War C 91%

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

by Sanjay Gupta 2021

4.04

904 ratings

🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health

A Planet of Viruses

by Carl Zimmer • 2011

Viruses aren't just enemies. They built our DNA, rule the oceans, and may have sparked life.

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5k+

🦠 Virology 🌊 Microbial Ecology 🌍 Pandemics

A Planet of Viruses 91%

Viruses aren't just enemies. They built our DNA, rule the oceans, and may have sparked life.

by Carl Zimmer 2011

4.06

5k+ ratings

🦠 Virology 🌊 Microbial Ecology 🌍 Pandemics

Crisis Averted

by Caitlin Rivers • 2024

Public health saves millions; why do we starve it until a crisis hits?

4.16

247

🔬 Epidemiology 📜 Health Policy 🕵️ Outbreak Investigation

Crisis Averted 91%

Public health saves millions; why do we starve it until a crisis hits?

by Caitlin Rivers 2024

4.16

247 ratings

🔬 Epidemiology 📜 Health Policy 🕵️ Outbreak Investigation

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

by Bill Gates • 2022

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

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2k+

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 91%

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

by Bill Gates 2022

3.76

2k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy

Patient Zero

by Lydia Kang • 2021

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

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3k+

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation

Patient Zero 91%

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

by Lydia Kang 2021

4.13

3k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation

COVID-19

by Michael Mosley • 2020

Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.

3.91

224

🦠 Virology 🏥 Public Health 🩺 Infectious Disease

COVID-19 91%

Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.

by Michael Mosley 2020

3.91

224 ratings

🦠 Virology 🏥 Public Health 🩺 Infectious Disease

Mosquito

by Andrew Spielman • 2001

Smaller than a fingernail, deadlier than all wars combined: the insect that decided empires.

3.89

436

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Disease Ecology 🪲 Insect Science

Mosquito 91%

Smaller than a fingernail, deadlier than all wars combined: the insect that decided empires.

by Andrew Spielman 2001

3.89

436 ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Disease Ecology 🪲 Insect Science

The Premonition

by Michael Lewis • 2021

A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.

4.32

43k+

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Epidemiology 🚨 Pandemic Response

The Premonition 91%

A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.

by Michael Lewis 2021

4.32

43k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Epidemiology 🚨 Pandemic Response

The Wisdom of Plagues

by Donald G. Mcneil Jr. • 2024

Pandemics are human-made disasters. COVID proved it, and 25 years of reporting shows exactly how.

4.11

343

🦠 Infectious Disease 🦇 Zoonotic Spillover 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness

The Wisdom of Plagues 90%

Pandemics are human-made disasters. COVID proved it, and 25 years of reporting shows exactly how.

by Donald G. Mcneil Jr. 2024

4.11

343 ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🦇 Zoonotic Spillover 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness

Booster Shots

by Adam Ratner • 2025

Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.

4.33

577

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Infectious Disease 📊 Epidemiology

Booster Shots 90%

Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.

by Adam Ratner 2025

4.33

577 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Infectious Disease 📊 Epidemiology

What Really Happened in Wuhan

by Sharri Markson • 2021

A Wuhan lab studying bat viruses had sick workers in November; then the pandemic began.

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1k+

🔬 Pandemic Origins 🚫 Chinese Censorship 📰 Investigative Journalism

What Really Happened in Wuhan 90%

A Wuhan lab studying bat viruses had sick workers in November; then the pandemic began.

by Sharri Markson 2021

4.19

1k+ ratings

🔬 Pandemic Origins 🚫 Chinese Censorship 📰 Investigative Journalism

Foreign Bodies

by Simon Schama • 2023

How smallpox, cholera, and plague shaped the modern world, and why we keep repeating the mistakes.

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580

🦠 Pandemic History 💉 Vaccine History 🏛️ Colonial Medicine

Foreign Bodies 90%

How smallpox, cholera, and plague shaped the modern world, and why we keep repeating the mistakes.

by Simon Schama 2023

3.58

580 ratings

🦠 Pandemic History 💉 Vaccine History 🏛️ Colonial Medicine

The Rules of Contagion

by Adam Kucharski • 2020

Why tweets go viral and banks collapse: the hidden math that governs what spreads.

3.86

2k+

🦠 Epidemiology 🕸️ Network Science 📈 Outbreak Dynamics

The Rules of Contagion 90%

Why tweets go viral and banks collapse: the hidden math that governs what spreads.

by Adam Kucharski 2020

3.86

2k+ ratings

🦠 Epidemiology 🕸️ Network Science 📈 Outbreak Dynamics

Uncontrolled Spread

by Scott Gottlieb • 2021

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

4.06

1k+

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure

Uncontrolled Spread 90%

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

by Scott Gottlieb 2021

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure

Pathogenesis

by Jonathan Kennedy • 2023

Microbes, not men, wrote history. Eight plagues that toppled empires and built the modern world.

3.94

12k+

🌍 World History 🏥 History Of Medicine 🦠 Infectious Disease

Pathogenesis 90%

Microbes, not men, wrote history. Eight plagues that toppled empires and built the modern world.

by Jonathan Kennedy 2023

3.94

12k+ ratings

🌍 World History 🏥 History Of Medicine 🦠 Infectious Disease

Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19

by Kari Nixon • 2021

Quarantine backfires without consent. History's real defenses: distancing and community.

3.85

169

🦠 Pandemic History 🏥 History Of Medicine ⚖️ Public Health Ethics

Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 Summary

Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 90%

Quarantine backfires without consent. History's real defenses: distancing and community.

by Kari Nixon 2021

3.85

169 ratings

🦠 Pandemic History 🏥 History Of Medicine ⚖️ Public Health Ethics

Plagues and Peoples

by William H. McNeill • 1976

Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.

3.87

5k+

💡 Big History 🦠 Disease And Civilization 📜 Medical History

Plagues and Peoples 89%

Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.

by William H. McNeill 1976

3.87

5k+ ratings

💡 Big History 🦠 Disease And Civilization 📜 Medical History

Longshot

by David Heath • 2022

338 days from sequence to shot. The twenty years of failure that made it possible.

4.16

140

🧬 Vaccine Development 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 💉 Medical Innovation

Longshot 89%

338 days from sequence to shot. The twenty years of failure that made it possible.

by David Heath 2022

4.16

140 ratings

🧬 Vaccine Development 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 💉 Medical Innovation

The Good Virus

by Tom Ireland • 2023

Bacteria-eating viruses saved lives for a century. Then the West abandoned them as antibiotics rose.

4.38

669

🦠 Phage Therapy 💊 Antibiotic Resistance 🌍 Microbial Ecology

The Good Virus 89%

Bacteria-eating viruses saved lives for a century. Then the West abandoned them as antibiotics rose.

by Tom Ireland 2023

4.38

669 ratings

🦠 Phage Therapy 💊 Antibiotic Resistance 🌍 Microbial Ecology

Darwin's Radio

by Greg Bear • 1999

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

3.73

17k+

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation

Darwin's Radio 89%

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

by Greg Bear 1999

3.73

17k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation

So Very Small

by Thomas Levenson • 2025

How humanity finally saw the invisible world, defeated it, and may now lose the rematch.

4.30

213

🏥 History Of Medicine 🦠 Germ Theory 🤒 Infectious Disease

So Very Small 89%

How humanity finally saw the invisible world, defeated it, and may now lose the rematch.

by Thomas Levenson 2025

4.30

213 ratings

🏥 History Of Medicine 🦠 Germ Theory 🤒 Infectious Disease

Deception

by Rand Paul • 2023

The lab-leak evidence the NIH buried and the scientific establishment's campaign to dismiss it.

4.47

549

🦠 Pandemic Origins 🤫 Scientific Censorship 🕵️ Institutional Cover-Up

Deception 89%

The lab-leak evidence the NIH buried and the scientific establishment's campaign to dismiss it.

by Rand Paul 2023

4.47

549 ratings

🦠 Pandemic Origins 🤫 Scientific Censorship 🕵️ Institutional Cover-Up

New Abnormal

by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

4.38

148

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics

New Abnormal 89%

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

by Aaron Kheriaty 2022

4.38

148 ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics

No One’s Coming

by Kevin Hazzard • 2026

Two doctors catch Ebola in Liberia. Every government refuses. One crew of outlaw pilots flies in.

4.45

820

🧫 Ebola Crisis 🚑 Disaster Medicine 🏛️ Government Failure

No One’s Coming 89%

Two doctors catch Ebola in Liberia. Every government refuses. One crew of outlaw pilots flies in.

by Kevin Hazzard 2026

4.45

820 ratings

🧫 Ebola Crisis 🚑 Disaster Medicine 🏛️ Government Failure

Crooked

by Forrest Maready • 2018

Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.

4.38

178

🌿 Alternative Medicine 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Skepticism

Crooked 89%

Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.

by Forrest Maready 2018

4.38

178 ratings

🌿 Alternative Medicine 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Skepticism

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton • 1969

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

3.91

274k+

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach

The Andromeda Strain 88%

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

by Michael Crichton 1969

3.91

274k+ ratings

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach

The Germ Code

by Jason Tetro • 2013

We declared war on germs and lost. The microbes we tried to kill run our health.

3.76

142

🦠 Human Microbiome 🧫 Infectious Disease 🏥 Public Health

The Germ Code 88%

We declared war on germs and lost. The microbes we tried to kill run our health.

by Jason Tetro 2013

3.76

142 ratings

🦠 Human Microbiome 🧫 Infectious Disease 🏥 Public Health

Dissolving Illusions

by Suzanne Humphries • 2013

Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.

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2k+

🏥 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Controversy 🏘️ Public Health

Dissolving Illusions 88%

Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.

by Suzanne Humphries 2013

4.62

2k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Controversy 🏘️ Public Health

An Epidemic of Absence

by Moises Velasquez-Manoff • 2012

Parasites taught immune systems what to ignore. Without them, the body mistakes itself for a threat.

4.15

880

🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🩺 Autoimmune Disease 🧫 Microbiome Science

An Epidemic of Absence 88%

Parasites taught immune systems what to ignore. Without them, the body mistakes itself for a threat.

by Moises Velasquez-Manoff 2012

4.15

880 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🩺 Autoimmune Disease 🧫 Microbiome Science

The Great Influenza

by John M. Barry • 2004

Modern medicine was just being born. Then the deadliest pandemic hit and killed the young first.

3.98

43k+

🏥 Medical History 🦠 Pandemic History 🧫 Viral Outbreaks

The Great Influenza 88%

Modern medicine was just being born. Then the deadliest pandemic hit and killed the young first.

by John M. Barry 2004

3.98

43k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🦠 Pandemic History 🧫 Viral Outbreaks

Everything Is Tuberculosis

by John Green • 2025

Tuberculosis is curable. Its persistence reveals not biology but a record of whose lives are valued.

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279k+

🦠 Infectious Disease 🏥 History Of Medicine 🌍 Global Health Inequity

Everything Is Tuberculosis 88%

Tuberculosis is curable. Its persistence reveals not biology but a record of whose lives are valued.

by John Green 2025

4.32

279k+ ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🏥 History Of Medicine 🌍 Global Health Inequity

Ending Parkinson's Disease

by Ray Dorsey • 2020

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

4.31

328

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy

Ending Parkinson's Disease 88%

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

by Ray Dorsey 2020

4.31

328 ratings

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy

War on Ivermectin

by Pierre Kory • 2023

A Nobel Prize-winning drug could have ended COVID. The agencies that buried it, from the inside.

4.68

304

🏭 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🦠 Early Covid Treatment 🔇 Scientific Censorship

War on Ivermectin 88%

A Nobel Prize-winning drug could have ended COVID. The agencies that buried it, from the inside.

by Pierre Kory 2023

4.68

304 ratings

🏭 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🦠 Early Covid Treatment 🔇 Scientific Censorship

Parasite

by Mira Grant • 2013

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

3.68

19k+

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity

Parasite 88%

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

by Mira Grant 2013

3.68

19k+ ratings

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity

A Crack in Creation

by Jennifer A. Doudna • 2017

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

4.13

7k+

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery

A Crack in Creation 88%

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

by Jennifer A. Doudna 2017

4.13

7k+ ratings

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery

The Ghost Map

by Steven Johnson • 2006

London, 1854: a doctor maps the cholera dead while a reverend hunts the outbreak's first victim.

3.89

57k+

🦠 Epidemiology 🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Mapping

The Ghost Map 88%

London, 1854: a doctor maps the cholera dead while a reverend hunts the outbreak's first victim.

by Steven Johnson 2006

3.89

57k+ ratings

🦠 Epidemiology 🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Mapping

Epidemiology

by Rodolfo Saracci • 2010

The science that saved cities from cholera and proved tobacco kills, packed into 100 pages.

3.37

351

🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Patterns 🔗 Causal Inference

Epidemiology 88%

The science that saved cities from cholera and proved tobacco kills, packed into 100 pages.

by Rodolfo Saracci 2010

3.37

351 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Patterns 🔗 Causal Inference

Diagnosis

by Jane M. Hightower • 2008

Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.

3.53

🔬 Environmental Toxicology 🏛️ Public Health Policy 💼 Regulatory Capture

Diagnosis 88%

Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.

by Jane M. Hightower 2008

3.53

34 ratings

🔬 Environmental Toxicology 🏛️ Public Health Policy 💼 Regulatory Capture

Superconvergence

by Jamie Metzl • 2024

AI reads code. Genetics writes it. Biotech runs it. The three revolutions are now one.

3.75

313

🧬 Synthetic Biology 🩺 Precision Medicine ⚖️ Technology Governance

Superconvergence 88%

AI reads code. Genetics writes it. Biotech runs it. The three revolutions are now one.

by Jamie Metzl 2024

3.75

313 ratings

🧬 Synthetic Biology 🩺 Precision Medicine ⚖️ Technology Governance

The Invisible Rainbow

by Arthur Firstenberg • 2017

Two centuries of evidence that electrification, not infection, is what made us sick.

4.48

774

🏥 Medical History ⚡ Electromagnetic Fields 🏭 Environmental Illness

The Invisible Rainbow 88%

Two centuries of evidence that electrification, not infection, is what made us sick.

by Arthur Firstenberg 2017

4.48

774 ratings

🏥 Medical History ⚡ Electromagnetic Fields 🏭 Environmental Illness

This Is Your Brain on Parasites

by Kathleen McAuliffe • 2016

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

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3k+

🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology

This Is Your Brain on Parasites 88%

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

by Kathleen McAuliffe 2016

3.98

3k+ ratings

🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology

The Vaccine

by Joe Miller • 2021

Science dismissed mRNA for decades. Two immigrants bet on it anyway, and won the pandemic race.

4.24

910

🧬 Biotechnology 💉 Vaccine Development 🦠 Pandemic Response

The Vaccine 88%

Science dismissed mRNA for decades. Two immigrants bet on it anyway, and won the pandemic race.

by Joe Miller 2021

4.24

910 ratings

🧬 Biotechnology 💉 Vaccine Development 🦠 Pandemic Response

Dirty Electricity

by Samuel Milham • 2010

Cancer and diabetes followed the power lines, not the processed food.

4.01

210

🧲 Electromagnetic Health 🌿 Environmental Health ⚡ Bioelectromagnetics

Dirty Electricity 88%

Cancer and diabetes followed the power lines, not the processed food.

by Samuel Milham 2010

4.01

210 ratings

🧲 Electromagnetic Health 🌿 Environmental Health ⚡ Bioelectromagnetics

The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2010

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

4.34

116k+

📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography

The Emperor of All Maladies 88%

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

4.34

116k+ ratings

📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography

The Genesis Machine

by Amy Webb • 2022

Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.

3.94

745

🧬 Synthetic Biology 📋 Science Policy ⚖️ Bioethics

The Genesis Machine 88%

Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.

by Amy Webb 2022

3.94

745 ratings

🧬 Synthetic Biology 📋 Science Policy ⚖️ Bioethics

The Immune System

by Paul Klenerman • 2017

How the body fights invaders, why it attacks itself, and what vaccines teach the immune system.

3.76

175

🧬 Immunology 🦠 Infectious Diseases 💉 Vaccines

The Immune System 88%

How the body fights invaders, why it attacks itself, and what vaccines teach the immune system.

by Paul Klenerman 2017

3.76

175 ratings

🧬 Immunology 🦠 Infectious Diseases 💉 Vaccines

Extra Life

by Steven Johnson • 2023

For millennia, humans lived to thirty-five. Then, in a century, we doubled it. How that happened.

4.19

1k+

🏥 Public Health 📜 History Of Medicine 🦠 Epidemiology

Extra Life 88%

For millennia, humans lived to thirty-five. Then, in a century, we doubled it. How that happened.

by Steven Johnson 2023

4.19

1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health 📜 History Of Medicine 🦠 Epidemiology

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