Influenza, Jeremy Brown
Influenza, Jeremy Brown
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Influenza
The Hundred-Year Hunt to Cure the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

Author: Jeremy Brown

Narrator: Holter Graham

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/18/2018


Synopsis

“Highlights that influenza is still a real and present threat and demonstrates the power and limitations of modern medicine.” —The Wall Street Journal

“A surprisingly compelling and accessible story of one of the world’s most deadly diseases. It is timely and interesting, engaging and sobering.” —David Gregort, CNN political analyst and former moderator for NBC’s Meet the Press

A veteran ER doctor explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history and present-day research of the flu virus, from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as: are we prepared for the next epidemic, should you get a flu shot, and how close are we to finding a cure?

While influenza is now often thought of as a common but mild disease, it still kills more than thirty thousand people in the United States each year. Dr. Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor and director of the Office of Emergency Care Research at the National Institutes of Health, talks with leading epidemiologists, policy makers, and the researcher who first sequenced the genetic building blocks of the original 1918 virus to offer both a comprehensive history and a road map to protect us from the next outbreak.

Dr. Brown explores the terrifying and complex history of the flu virus and looks at the controversy over vaccinations and the federal government’s role in preparing for pandemic outbreaks. Though a hundred years of advancement in medical research and technology have passed since the 1918 disaster, Dr. Brown warns that many of the most vital questions about the flu virus continue to confound even the leading experts.

About Jeremy Brown

Dr. Jeremy Brown trained at University College School of Medicine in London and completed his residency in emergency medicine in Boston. He was the Research Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University before moving to the National Institutes of Health, where he now directs its Office of Emergency Care Research. His opinion pieces have been published in The New York Times and The Washington Post, and he has written for Discover magazine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Yun

Influenza is a quick, interesting read on the history of the flu, where we are today in our fight against it, and how prepared we are should an epidemic strike in the future. I always enjoy a medical science book, and this one's no different. I come away from this having learned so much about this c......more

Goodreads review by Andy

There are worse books about flu. As an American ER doctor from the UK, the author provides some perspective and asks some questions that don't occur to other writers, like "why do we insist on giving everyone flu shots when other countries don't do that?" He also goes into the fuzziness of some of t......more

Lekko napisana i poruszająca szeroki wachlarz tematów z zakresu medycyny, jej historii, chemii, polityki czy socjologii. Tym wartościowsza, że pisana przez lekarza.......more