The age of viruses
In an escalating war between humans and microbes, catastrophic disease may have the edge. This program studies the ubiquitous threat posed by super viruses and describes scientific efforts to prepare for viral disease epidemics. Documenting the Worl...
Government Response to Global Epidemics
Professor of Sociology and History Craig Calhoun observes that one of the biggest challenges in dealing with infectious diseases on a global scale is convincing governments to acknowledge that there is a problem and that they need to make a concerte...
Responding to Epidemics
Professor of Sociology and History Craig Calhoun talks about the ways in which nations respond to epidemics. Professor Calhoun focuses on the importance of prevention, as well as setting up a triage process that allows for prioritization.
Micro-parasites: invisible death
Stronger and more mobile than ever, humankind's oldest enemies - lethal micro-parasites - may very well be threatening the survival of the human race. Some were believed to have been eradicated from the industrialized world, only to reappear in drug...
Global Epidemics
Professor of Sociology and History Craig Calhoun talks about the challenge of fighting global epidemics. Certainly there needs to be a financial commitment and there also need to be scientific breakthroughs. But in addition, Professor Calhoun notes,...
Excelsior, September 6, 1990
Volume 5, Number 1
This issue covers articles on the upcoming opening of the renovated Boylan Hall cafeteria, NYPIRG's start to the semester with new projects and coordinators, and news of a measles epidemic in colleges across the US that caused im...