Author: Debbie Dadey, Juliana Oakley
Narrator: Stephanie Nemeth-Parker
Unabridged: 0 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 07/11/2023
Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - Health & Daily Living - Diseases
Hungarian American biochemist Katalin Kati Kariko became fascinated by science as a child and grew up determined to find a way to use messenger RNA?a copy of a part of DNA that provides cells with instructions to make proteins?to help fight illness. An mRNA vaccine had never been made before, and she faced frequent criticism and was told by other scientists she would never succeed. Kariko refused to give up her research, and when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she played a critical role in developing the successful Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine faster than any other vaccine in history.
Oh, rats! It's time to take a deeper look at what caused the Black Death--the deadliest pandemic recorded in human history.While the coronavirus COVID-19 changed the world in 2020, it still isn't the largest and deadliest pandemic in history. That t...
A germ's journey is filled with snuffles, sniffles, and sneezes. Pack your bags, and get ready to follow it! This is a perfect story for explaining the immune system to children at home or at school.The Follow It! series teaches children about an ar...
Everything a young reader needs to know about allergies: what they are, how they are caused, what the symptoms are, and how they are treated. The text also presents real-life stories of kids who experience allergies.
Recover From Brainwashing And Mental Illness And Take Back Control Of Your Life For GoodBrainwashing, by definition, is the wielding of one’s social influence to manipulate another's way of thinking and acting… often against their will....
Concussions are a common injury due to their frequency in contact sports. But the more you know about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of concussions, the better equipped you are to understand this condition. Clear, concise information breaks dow...
Diabetes may be a familiar word, although you may not understand the disease or its two different types. But the more you know about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of diabetes, the better equipped you will be to understand this disease. Clear, ...
Newbery Honor and Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor recipient Jim Murphy has written numerous stories based on historical events, such as The Boys' War and The Great Fire. In An American Plague, he tells the story of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic. Bizar...
Cancer can be a scary word. But the more you know about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of cancer, the better equipped you are to understand this disease. Clear, concise information breaks down the disease, the experience of having it, or relati...
Meningitis make it a difficult disease to understand. But the more you know about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of meningitis, the better equipped you are to understand this disease. Clear, concise information breaks down down the disease, the...