Disease & Treatment
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases, spread by viruses, bacteria and parasites, have shaped human history more than most wars. John M. Barry's The Great Influenza tells the story of the deadliest of modern pandemics, the influenza of 1918, which spread with soldiers in the last months of the First World War and killed tens of millions. Barry follows the scientists who fought it and shows how secrecy and political choices made it worse. A classic of medical history, essential for understanding pandemics past and future. See Health & Medicine for more.