Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike

This nonfiction book examines scientists, doctors, and infectious-disease experts who work at the boundary between public health and pandemics. It describes how they gather data through field epidemiology. The book also follows efforts to find vaccines for smallpox, HIV/AIDS, and COVID, noting that some scientists devote entire careers to seeking a cure for one disease. Photographs, a bibliography, and an index accompany the account.