Beyond Anthrax

Author : Larry I. Lutwick,Suzanne M. Lutwick
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781597453264

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Beyond Anthrax by Larry I. Lutwick,Suzanne M. Lutwick Pdf

Biological warfare has, unfortunately, in the post 9/11 world become a significant topic of discussion in both the medical and lay presses. In the wake of the biological "letter bombs" containing anthrax spores, the possibility of biologic and/or toxic attacks on civilians in any part of the world became no longer a possibility. It is now part of common discussion and consciousness. This book presents the history of the topics and clinically relevant discussions on those high risk (Category A) diseases beyond anthrax as well as a number of infections and toxins at the Category B level. Importantly, in addition, the text includes sections on Public Health Infrastructure, Public Health Law, Surveillance, Mental Health Management and Media Role all of which relate to epidemics of any sort, not just intentional biological events. Beyond Anthrax: The Weaponization of Infectious Diseases is a product that should serve as a reference point for clinicians, epidemiologists and public health personnel to understand in practical detail many of the aspects of weapons of biowarfare as well as the appropriate responses to them.

Author : Larry I. Lutwick,Suzanne M. Lutwick
Publisher : Humana Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1607610302

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Beyond Anthrax by Larry I. Lutwick,Suzanne M. Lutwick Pdf

Biological warfare has, unfortunately, in the post 9/11 world become a significant topic of discussion in both the medical and lay presses. In the wake of the biological "letter bombs" containing anthrax spores, the possibility of biologic and/or toxic attacks on civilians in any part of the world became no longer a possibility. It is now part of common discussion and consciousness. This book presents the history of the topics and clinically relevant discussions on those high risk (Category A) diseases beyond anthrax as well as a number of infections and toxins at the Category B level. Importantly, in addition, the text includes sections on Public Health Infrastructure, Public Health Law, Surveillance, Mental Health Management and Media Role all of which relate to epidemics of any sort, not just intentional biological events. Beyond Anthrax: The Weaponization of Infectious Diseases is a product that should serve as a reference point for clinicians, epidemiologists and public health personnel to understand in practical detail many of the aspects of weapons of biowarfare as well as the appropriate responses to them.

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789241547536

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Anthrax in Humans and Animals by World Health Organization Pdf

This fourth edition of the anthrax guidelines encompasses a systematic review of the extensive new scientific literature and relevant publications up to end 2007 including all the new information that emerged in the 3-4 years after the anthrax letter events. This updated edition provides information on the disease and its importance, its etiology and ecology, and offers guidance on the detection, diagnostic, epidemiology, disinfection and decontamination, treatment and prophylaxis procedures, as well as control and surveillance processes for anthrax in humans and animals. With two rounds of a rigorous peer-review process, it is a relevant source of information for the management of anthrax in humans and animals.

Author : Richard M. Swiderski
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786481965

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Anthrax by Richard M. Swiderski Pdf

Bacillus anthracis--anthrax--had largely faded from public consciousness until it resurfaced as a terrorist weapon in 2001. It was always with us, lurking in the soil and hosted by our livestock. Long before it was identified as a specific bacterium in the late 1800s, "anthrax" was a catchphrase for a variety of diseases and symptoms, from ancient biblical plagues to a painful carbuncle on George Washington's leg. Only when industrialization turned anthrax into a widespread disease that threatened economies did a true understanding of Bacillus anthracis begin to emerge. This history of anthrax follows the development of our understanding of the disease, beginning in the 18th century, when science began breaking ground on the subject, until the present, when anthrax is feared more as an agent of biowarfare than as a health hazard harbored by the environment. There are three appendices: the first outlines the reaction of Manchester, New Hampshire, to the 2001 anthrax attacks; the second documents workplace warnings to anthrax-prone workers; and the third lists novels that involve anthrax. Bibliographical references are also provided.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Medical Follow-up Agency,Committee to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309182744

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The Anthrax Vaccine by Institute of Medicine,Medical Follow-up Agency,Committee to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine Pdf

The vaccine used to protect humans against the anthrax disease, called Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), was licensed in 1970. It was initially used to protect people who might be exposed to anthrax where they worked, such as veterinarians and textile plant workers who process animal hair. When the U. S. military began to administer the vaccine, then extended a plan for the mandatory vaccination of all U. S. service members, some raised concerns about the safety and efficacy of AVA and the manufacture of the vaccine. In response to these and other concerns, Congress directed the Department of Defense to support an independent examination of AVA. The Anthrax Vaccine: Is It Safe? Does It Work? reports the study's conclusion that the vaccine is acceptably safe and effective in protecting humans against anthrax. The book also includes a description of advances needed in main areas: improving the way the vaccine is now used, expanding surveillance efforts to detect side effects from its use, and developing a better vaccine.

Author : Philipp Sarasin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0674023463

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Anthrax by Philipp Sarasin Pdf

Many security experts believe that the next act of widespread terrorism will likely come from a weapon of biochemical means. In Anthrax: Bioterror as Fact and Fantasy, Philipp Sarasin explores the real threats of biological weapons--in contrast to the idea of biological substances as nebulous agents of terror--by analyzing the anthrax scares that occurred in the United States in 2001.Sarasin argues that while threats of bioterrorism are real, they are disproportionate to the fantasmal fears that now permeate American politics and culture.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Prepositioned Medical Countermeasures for the Public
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309218085

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Prepositioning Antibiotics for Anthrax by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Prepositioned Medical Countermeasures for the Public Pdf

If terrorists released Bacillus anthracis over a large city, hundreds of thousands of people could be at risk of the deadly disease anthrax-caused by the B. anthracis spores-unless they had rapid access to antibiotic medical countermeasures (MCM). Although plans for rapidly delivering MCM to a large number of people following an anthrax attack have been greatly enhanced during the last decade, many public health authorities and policy experts fear that the nation's current systems and plans are insufficient to respond to the most challenging scenarios, such as a very large-scale anthrax attack. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response commissioned the Institute of Medicine to examine the potential uses, benefits, and disadvantages of strategies for repositioning antibiotics. This involves storing antibiotics close to or in the possession of the people who would need rapid access to them should an attack occur. Prepositioning Antibiotics for Anthrax reviews the scientific evidence on the time window in which antibiotics successfully prevent anthrax and the implications for decision making about prepositioning, describes potential prepositioning strategies, and develops a framework to assist state, local, and tribal public health authorities in determining whether prepositioning strategies would be beneficial for their communities. However, based on an analysis of the likely health benefits, health risks, and relative costs of the different prepositioning strategies, the book also develops findings and recommendations to provide jurisdictions with some practical insights as to the circumstances in which different prepositioning strategies may be beneficial. Finally, the book identifies federal- and national-level actions that would facilitate the evaluation and development of prepositioning strategies. Recognizing that communities across the nation have differing needs and capabilities, the findings presented in this report are intended to assist public health officials in considering the benefits, costs, and trade-offs involved in developing alternative prepositioning strategies appropriate to their particular communities.

Author : David Moyer LCSW
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781493168194

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Beyond Mental Illness by David Moyer LCSW Pdf

Can infections cause Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gherig's Disease and mental illness? Yes, but not just the infections. The body's unique defense against these infections plays a role. This is but one of the startling facts uncovered in Moyer's third book, Beyond Mental Illness. Moyer is a retired licensed clinical social worker with a lifetime of professional experience dealing with mental illness. He has been free to follow the research independent of the cultural limitations that might inhibit other investigators. Moyer's bipolar odyssey began with a novel exploration of factors contributing to his father and son's bipolar disorder. His first book, Too Good to be True? Nutrients Quiet the Unquiet Brain, addressed, among other things, the role of nutrients in treating mental disorders. In Beyond Mental Illness, that odyssey has now morphed into an exploration of factors contributing to mental illness as well as other physical disorders. In this book, Moyer provides a perspective beyond the standard DSM-5 diagnoses and even the very concept of mental illness. The stove-piped diagnoses dominating current medical practices are obsolete. While the medical establishment resists the need for major reformation, the public is beginning to demand science-based diagnoses and treatments. Here Moyer outlines deficiencies in current diagnostic systems that consign many to a lifetime of chronic illness. Their illnesses are not being properly diagnosed and treated. Since the publication of Beyond Mental Illness in 2014, a plethora of academic research in some of the best journals has validated some of his hypotheses. The key for more effective treatments is not to be found in drugs that mitigate downstream biological processes. The key is to identify and treat the diagnosable and treatable upstream biological processes.

Author : John Warner
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780756709761

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Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program by John Warner Pdf

Witnesses: Rear Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby, U.S. Navy, Director, Intelligence Directorate, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Rudy de Leon, Deputy Secretary of Defense; David R. Oliver, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Technology; Lt. Gen. Ronald R. Blanck, U.S. Army, Surgeon General of the Army; Major General Randall L. West, U.S. Marine Corps, Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness; Carol R. Schuster, Associate Director for National Security Preparedness Issues, National Security & International Affairs Div., U.S. General Accounting Office.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Anthrax
ISBN : UCAL:B2923965

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Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services Pdf

Author : Jack Clayton Swearengen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597528429

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Beyond Paradise by Jack Clayton Swearengen Pdf

Technology is shaping our culture and controlling our lives -- for better or for worse. Often, technology's benefits far outweigh its negative impacts, and technological advances can seem boundless. But the scientificÐtechnological worldview tends to override other value systems. Indeed, this technological way of thinking has influenced many contemporary ideas, beliefs, values, habits, and ways of communicating. Furthermore, in addition to technology's well-known environmental impacts, social, aesthetic, and spiritual consequences are now emerging. How can we balance positive physical effects of technology with other ambiguous or negative impacts? Some of the decisions we face have no precedent from which to draw wisdom. For this reason, the resources of Scripture and the Christian tradition must be brought to bear on technological questions: How is technology used and abused today? Does technological progress lead to human progress? How can Scripture help us, both individually and collectively, to manage technology's impact in proactive ways? Swearengen uncovers a comprehensive scriptural mandate for managing technology. On his way to a theology of technology, he evaluates which advances are moving society in directions consistent with God's purposes. 'Beyond Paradise: Technology and the Kingdom of God' aims to provide practical means for assessing technology's influence and for steering technology and its effects toward biblical ends.

Author : Maryann Cusimano Love
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538117354

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Global Issues beyond Sovereignty by Maryann Cusimano Love Pdf

Other Global Issues books are a rather eclectic mash up of topics, headlines du jour, with an "and now this!" organizational scheme. The "hot" topics may have cooled by press time, and the presentation to students is disjointed, not clear. The approach is often a "scare 'em and leave 'em" presentation of a global horror show of problems, without clear arguments about the connections among the issues, or integrated discussions of solutions. In contrast, Global Issues Beyond Sovereignty provides a thesis and a common narrative throughout the "issue" chapters. The range of responses to manage global issues are compared and discussed throughout. Global problems move at internet speed; governments do not move so quickly. This creates gaps in what citizens expect the state to do, and what countries have the capacities to do. This paradox is a problem not only for weak or failing states; even the strongest states in the system struggle in how to effectively respond to global issues, from cybersecurity to environmental toxins. States cannot solve or manage trans-sovereign issues alone. The power of the private sector is growing (both legal and illegal, for profit and non-profit), while state power is flat or in some places declining. While private sector actors have means to impact transnational issues, they do not have a public mandate to do so. Countries increasingly must learn how to play well with others; this is easier said than done. Attempts to manage global issues flow through three channels: public sector responses, private sector responses, and mixed public-private partnerships. All three channels are explored throughout the book, uniting the issue chapters in a common discussion of challenges and responses. The conclusion presents lessons learned for theory and practice from managing global issues.

Author : Donald Gunn,Alastair Gunn
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781105696510

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Scotland and Beyond: The Families of Donald Gunn (Tormsdale) and John Gunn (Dalnaha, Strathmore and Braehour) by Donald Gunn,Alastair Gunn Pdf

Author : Osagie K. Obasogie,Marcy Darnovsky
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520277847

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Beyond Bioethics by Osagie K. Obasogie,Marcy Darnovsky Pdf

"For several decades, the field of bioethics has played a dominant role in shaping the way society thinks about ethical problems related to developments in science, technology, and medicine. But its traditional emphases on, for example, doctor-patient relationships, informed consent, and individual autonomy have led the field to not be fully responsive to the challenges posed by new human biotechnologies such as assisted reproduction, human genetic enhancement, and DNA forensics. Beyond Bioethics provides a focused overview for students and others grappling with the profound social dilemmas posed by these developments. It brings together the work of cutting-edge thinkers from diverse fields of study and public engagement, all of them committed to a new perspective that is grounded in social justice and public interest values. The contributors to this volume seek to define an emerging field of scholarly, policy, and public concern: a new biopolitics."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Kenneth R. Hammond
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780195311747

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Beyond Rationality by Kenneth R. Hammond Pdf

Hammond has changed the way academics think about decision making; with this book, he aims to show a larger audience why mistaken judgments happen, how to make better decisions, and how to understand the thought modes operating in the political process.