Viral Pandemics: From Smallpox to COVID-19 & Mpox - Paperback

by Rae-Ellen Kavey (Author), Allison Kavey (Author)

The second edition Viral Pandemics illuminates how the increasing emergence of viruses has combined with global interconnectedness to create an escalating spiral of disease. It includes an introduction to the characteristics of viral pathogens that make them so dangerous followed by a comprehensive survey of epidemic viral disease.

Author Biography

Rae-Ellen W. Kavey, MD, MPH, is a pediatric cardiologist and public health practitioner who retired as Professor of Pediatrics from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Her career in academic medicine combined care of children with congenital heart disease and a public health approach to prevention of heart disease beginning in childhood. She is currently an adjunct history professor at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Allison B. Kavey, PhD, is a history professor at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice and CUNY Graduate Center. She works in the early modern history of science and medicine.