On call :
by Fauci, Anthony S.
Published by : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC (New York, New York) Physical details: xiii, 464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations ; 24 cm ISBN:9780593657478; 0593657470.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 600 - 699 | 610.92 Fau (Browse shelf) | Available | 114348 |
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Preface -- Part one: From Bensonhurst to Washington. Brooklyn boy -- Becoming Dr. Fauci -- Heading south -- Part two: The AIDS era. Game changer -- Up close and painful -- The Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- Taking the reins -- Two Brooklyn boys -- Building an AIDS research program -- AIDS strikes close to home -- A global catastrophe -- AIDS activism -- A president, a gentleman, and a friend -- La famiglia -- The changing of the guard -- The search for an HIV vaccine -- The Lazarus effect -- HIV denialism -- An unequal world -- Part three: The wars on terror and disease. Widening the battle -- The day the world changed -- Anthrax -- Going global with AIDS relief -- Smallpox and stockpiles -- Project BioShield -- You have to love Yogi -- A reluctant Congress -- Iraq -- Influenza meets the supply chain -- Legacies -- Part four: Expecting the unexpected. Enter Obama -- Moving toward and HIV-free world -- Epidemics of disease and fear -- Patient X -- Zika and other surprises -- Passing the baton -- Part five: COVID. A disease like none other -- He loves me, he loves me not -- Illegitimi non carborundum -- Epilogue.
"The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents"--
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