The Book Prize Index

Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond

Sonia Shah

"Interweaving history, original reportage, and personal narrative, Pandemic explores the origins of epidemics, drawing parallels between the story of cholera-- one of history's most disruptive and deadly pathogens-- and the new pathogens that stalk humankind today"--

Medicine & Public HealthMedicine & Public Health · high confidenceMedicine & Public Health81 signalsLlm Classifier: Medicine & Public Health -> Medicine & Public HealthGoogle Books: Medical -> Medicine & Public HealthKeyword Classifier: Journalism & Reportage -> Journalism & ReportagePublic Health SystemsScience & DiscoveryClimate, Weather & Disaster

Award History

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyMajor2016FinalistSecondary source
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