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1) Rabid
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a motorcycle accident and experimental surgery, Rose develops an unexplained lesion and a desire for human blood.
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the Ebola epidemic threatens to spiral out of control, NOVA reports from the hot zone, where courageous medical teams struggle to cope with a flood of victims, to labs where scientists are racing to test vaccines and find a cure. Surviving Ebola includes chilling firsthand interviews of what it's like to catch and survive this terrible affliction.
Publisher
PBS/Frontline
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frontline reporter David Hoffman investigates the alarming rise in hospitals, communities, and across the globe of untreatable infections. Fueled by decades of antibiotic overuse, the crisis has deepened as major drug companies have abandoned the development of new antibiotics. Without swift action, the miracle age of antibiotics could be coming to an end.
4) Outbreak
Publisher
WBGH
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (57 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
The vivid, inside story of how the Ebola outbreak began and why it wasn't stopped before it was too late. With exclusive access to key global decision-makers and health responders, and gripping accounts of victims from the slums of Monrovia to the jungles of Guinea, Outbreak exposes tragic missteps in the response to the epidemic.
Publisher
Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A public health worker (Richard Widmark) and a police captain (Paul Douglas) have only 48 hours to stop a pneumonic plague outbreak from spreading across New Orleans.
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Unrated edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A small town sheriffs' department has to deal with an outbreak of murderous, infected people called "sickos." Cherry Darling meets up again with her old lover, El Wray, just as their Texas town is being overrun by "sickos" with festering sores turning them into zombies. Cherry has El Wray's jacket, which she took with her when she left and he keeps trying to explain how he looked for it for two weeks and she keeps interrupting his story. Gun-legged...
7) Rabid
Publisher
Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A woman who has had experimental surgery develops a taste for blood and terrorizes a city when she spreads a rabies-like disease.
Author
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 59 min.)
Language
English
Description
Scott Anthony is quarantined in an apartment in Singapore. Luckily, the sovereign city-state and country's "future-back" approach has it well-positioned to manage this unprecedented global health crisis. Join Scott to find out what you-and the rest of the world-can learn from Singapore in these uncertain times. Recorded on April 6, 2020. See the original event page for resources for further learning or watch recordings of other past events . O'Reilly...
9) Contagion
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a worldwide epidemic as the CDC works to find a cure.
10) I am legend
Language
English
Formats
Description
Robert Neville is the last human survivor in what is left of New York City. A pandemic has left only 1% of the population alive and most of those who survived are no longer human. The infected, now lurking in the shadows, watch Neville's every move. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by the only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood.
11) Under our skin
Publisher
Open Eye Pictures
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 minutes) : sound, color, digital ; 12 cm + 1 discussion guide (31 pages).
Language
English
Description
"A gripping tale of microbes, medicine and money, Under our skin exposes the hidden story of Lyme disease, one of the most controversial and fastest growing epidemics of our time. Each year, thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, often told that their symptoms are 'all in their head.' Following the stories of patients and physicians fighting for their lives and livelihoods, the film brings into focus a chilling picture of the health care system...
12) 28 weeks later
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Almost seven months after the Rage virus has annihilated the inhabitants of the London and the British Isles, the U.S. Army declares that the war against infection has been won, and that the reconstruction of the country can begin. In the first wave of returning refugees, a family is reunited, but one of them unwillingly carries a terrible secret. The virus is not yet dead, and this time, it is more dangerous than ever.
Publisher
Open Eye Pictures
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
"Seven years after the acclaimed documentary Under our skin, the filmmakers catch up with the people and controversies from the original movie. We witness the emerging epidemic of Lyme disease as infection and education spread globally. We watch as the truth emerges about the disease's persistence and reach, about promising new research, and about medical collusion and conflicts of interest that continue to impede progress."--Container.
14) The invasion
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A space shuttle burns up upon reentry causing debris to land across a wide area of the United States. Tucker Kaufman, a member of the CDC, visits one of the crash sites and gets a cut on his hand. Dr. Carol Bennell begins to notice that people are starting to act strange. She turns to her best friend, Dr. Ben Driscoll. He takes a small sample of the material to Dr. Stephen Galeano and they soon learn the substance is not from Earth. Carol's son, Oliver...
15) Grindhouse
Publisher
Weinstein Co., LLC
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Planet terror: A small town sheriff's department has to deal with an outbreak of murderous, infected people called "sickos." Cherry Darling meets up again with her old lover, El Wray, just as their Texas town is being overrun by "sickos" with festering sores turning them into zombies. The gun-legged Cherry and one-man wrecking crew El Wray try to save the world from the horde of flesh-eating zombies.
Death proof: A deranged stuntman stalks his victims...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (213 min.) : Blu-ray, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
28 days later: An infirmary patient wakes up from a coma to an empty room ... in a vacant hospital ... in a deserted city. A powerful virus, which locks victims into a permanent state of murderous rage, has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. Now a handful of survivors must fight to stay alive, unaware that the worst is yet to come.
28 weeks later: Almost seven months after the Rage virus has annihilated the inhabitants...
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