In The Virus Touch Bishnupriya Ghosh argues that media are central to understanding emergent relations between viruses, humans, and nonhuman life. Writing in the shadow of the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 global pandemics, Ghosh theorizes “epidemic media” to show how epidemics are mediated in images, numbers, and movements through the processes of reading test results and tracking infection and mortality rates. Scientific, artistic, and activist epidemic media that make multispecies relations sensible and manageable eschew anthropocentric survival strategies and instead recast global public health crises as biological, social, and ecological catastrophes, pushing us toward a multispecies politics of health. Ghosh trains her analytic gaze on these mediations as expressed in the collection and analysis of blood samples as a form of viral media; the geospatialization of data that track viral hosts like wild primates; and the use of multisensory images to trace fluctuations in viral mutations. Studying how epidemic media inscribe, store, and transmit multispecies relations attunes us to the anthropogenic drivers of pathogenicity like deforestation or illegal wildlife trading and the vulnerabilities accruing from diseases that arise from socioeconomic inequities and biopolitical neglect.

A chronicle, a memoir, a reflection on the pandemic, and a cultural analysis of the new spatial, social, and epistemological forms that have arisen with it, this volume weaves together cultural history, aesthetics, and urban and digital studies. It looks at the particular ways in which the possibilities for touch, touching and being touched, both physically and affectively, are reconfigured by the pandemic. How are love, care, and humanity’s complex relationships with technology and nature played out in the interval between abandoned city centres and digitally mediated gatherings? How can we comprehend the reconfiguration of relationships through the human response to the pandemic as an experience that concerns us all but affects each of us in different ways? How do we think through the technological and material dependencies that the pandemic situation establishes? And how does this allow us to imagine the world beyond the pandemic—both utopian and dystopian? The essays in this book explore the new forms of intimacy and distance that are developing in the wake of COVID-19, offering a distinctive, topical analysis in the fields of urban and digital studies.

The story of a microbiologist's remarkable career, from identifying the Ebolavirus to pioneering AIDS research and policy.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that has changed millions of lives with the story of an unforgettable friendship, the timeless wisdom of older generations, and healing lessons on loss and grief—featuring a new afterword by the author “A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”—Los Angeles Times “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was his college professor Morrie Schwartz. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn’t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final “class”: lessons in how to live. “The truth is, Mitch,” he said, “once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie’s lasting gift with the world.

Join science expert Dr Ben Martynoga and illustrator extraordinaire Moose Allain on a fascinating, sometimes funny, and occasionally scary journey through the world of viruses.Explore the science behind viruses and the COVID-19 pandemic in a fascinating story of hijacked human cells and our own internal emergency services.Along the way, you'll learn what viruses are, how they work, and how we can overcome - or at least learn to live alongside - those that do us harm.

Why are we stuck inside? It's so Boring!? Or is it?

What is the coronavirus, and why is everyone talking about it? Engagingly illustrated by Axel Scheffler, this approachable and timely book helps answer these questions and many more, providing children aged 5-10 and their parents with clear and accessible explanations about the coronavirus and its effects - both from a health perspective and the impact it has on a family’s day-to-day life. With input from expert consultant Professor Graham Medley of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, as well as advice from teachers and child psychologists, this is a practical and informative resource to help explain the changes we are currently all experiencing. The book is free to read and download, but Nosy Crow would like to encourage readers, should they feel in a position to, to make a donation to: https://www.nhscharitiestogether.co.uk/

A searing account of how vaccine opponents have used the media to spread their message of panic, despite no scientific evidence to support them.

Rage is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest. Woodward, the #1 international bestselling author of Fear: Trump in the White House, has uncovered the precise moment the president was warned that the Covid-19 epidemic would be the biggest national security threat to his presidency. In dramatic detail, Woodward takes readers into the Oval Office as Trump’s head pops up when he is told in January 2020 that the pandemic could reach the scale of the 1918 Spanish Flu that killed 675,000 Americans. In 17 on-the-record interviews with Woodward over seven volatile months—an utterly vivid window into Trump’s mind—the president provides a self-portrait that is part denial and part combative interchange mixed with surprising moments of doubt as he glimpses the perils in the presidency and what he calls the “dynamite behind every door.” At key decision points, Rage shows how Trump’s responses to the crises of 2020 were rooted in the instincts, habits and style he developed during his first three years as president. Revisiting the earliest days of the Trump presidency, Rage reveals how Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats struggled to keep the country safe as the president dismantled any semblance of collegial national security decision making. Rage draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand witnesses as well as participants’ notes, emails, diaries, calendars and confidential documents. Woodward obtained 25 never-seen personal letters exchanged between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who describes the bond between the two leaders as out of a “fantasy film.” Trump insists to Woodward he will triumph over Covid-19 and the economic calamity. “Don’t worry about it, Bob. Okay?” Trump told the author in July. “Don’t worry about it. We’ll get to do another book. You’ll find I was right.”

★ Getting the vaccine? First, you should understand the virus. If you want an in-depth and simple guide to understanding the virus that causes COVID-19, then keep reading… In December 2019, a highly infectious and deadly respiratory virus infected humans across the world. It then proliferated faster than public health measures could contain it. And with no answers nor prospect of a conclusion, the world was placed on lockdown. We found ourselves in an overnight global pandemic. COVID-19 has altered our planet for good, and many of us are still reeling from the shock. COVID-19: The Reason Why the Earth Stood Still in 2020 is an illustrated guide to take you through all the facts from start to finish in an easy to read, and step by step format. It serves up bite-sized chapters filled with ample information about the contagion along with colorful diagrams describing the virus and disease. So, you’ve watched the news religiously and even spent time Googling the causes and effects of the coronavirus, you think you know everything there is to know. But there’s much more. This guide takes you on a journey through identifying a virus, where they come from, and what they look like. Then, you will be thrust into the battlefield eye-to-eye with our common, ‘invisible’ enemy that has so far reached 25 million cases and racked up a death toll of 800,000 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). You’ll take a look at how our world changed as each piece of new information was released regarding social distancing, quarantine, and the implications of these measures. Finally, you will fast forward into what we expect our ‘new normal’ to be in the future. Rest assured, this guide will also be your personal companion in helping you cope with the effects that the virus has had closer to home. ♥ You’ll discover: Detailed and colorful illustrations of how the virus invades our body, the steps and process of its replication, and the course of how it spreads. Packed with explanations that make these difficult concepts easier to understand and digest. Discussion of vaccines, development, doses, and usage of preventative measures. Such as, how to wear a mask, the different types of masks, types of tests, when to get tested, and how the results are decided. Techniques for coping and managing your mental well-being. You will read about different ways of maintaining social connections while distancing and utilizing the principles of mindfulness, meditation, and breathing exercises to your advantage. Sourced information from credible organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and reviewed by an advisory board of medical experts. COVID-19 has had a global effect on our physical and mental health and a lasting effect on the economy. Knowledge will be the key to overcoming it. This is your all-encompassing guide for a deeper dive into the virus and overall pandemic, even if you believe you have seen it all. You will find that the authors have left no stone unturned. ✓ If you want a thorough yet concise overview of the novel disease of 2020, COVID-19, then scroll up and click the ‘Add to Cart’ button now! Brought to you by © REV MED