Category Archives: Pandemic

Dangerous World: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Carrie Ludovico

De Villiers, Marq. Dangerous world: natural disasters, manmade catastrophes, and the future of human survival. Toronto: Viking Canada, 2008. De Villiers begins with a quote from Stephen Pacala, an ecologist from Princeton University. “All kinds of terrible things could happen, … Continue reading →

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RAND Report on Mass Antibiotic Dispensing

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Carrie Ludovico

Coming as it did right on the heels of my last post, I had to point this out: RAND Corporation has published an impressive (133 page .pdf) Technical Report on “Recommended Infrastructure Standards for Mass Antibiotic Dispensing.” “This document presents … Continue reading →

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Cyber-Flu Simulations

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Carrie Ludovico

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health, hosts this interesting article about the use of computer simulations to help researchers understand the spread of possible flu pandemics. Entitled Sim Sickness, the article explains … Continue reading →

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