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| Title | Author | Publisher | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Skin | Linda Villarosa | Doubleday | The first book to tell the full story of race and health in America today, showing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation, by a groundbreaking journalist at the New York Times Magazine. A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR | J Anthony Lukas Book Prize Winner | NYPL Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism Finalist |
| Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism | Peter J Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University Press | In Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism, Dr. Hotez draws on his experiences as a pediatrician, vaccine scientist, and father of an autistic child. Outlining the arguments on both sides of the debate, he examines the science that refutes the concerns of the anti-vaccine movement, debunks current conspiracy theories alleging a cover-up by the CDC, and critiques the scientific community's failure to effectively communicate the facts about vaccines and autism to the general public, all while sharing his very personal story of raising a now-adult daughter with autism. |
| Vagina Obscura | Rachel E Gross | W W Norton & Company | Journalist Rachel E Gross takes readers on an anatomical odyssey to the center of a world where the uterus regrows itself, ovaries pump out fresh eggs, and the clitoris pulses beneath the surface like a shimmering pyramid of nerves. Full of wit and wonder, Vagina Obscura is a celebratory testament to how the landscape of knowledge can be rewritten to better serve everyone. Shortlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and the PEN/E O Wilson Literary Science Writing Award | One of Five Books Best Literary Science Writing titles in 2023 | A New York Times Editors' Choice | A Science Friday Best Science Book to Read This Summer |
| Viral BS | Seema Yasmin MD | Johns Hopkins University Press |
A collection of articles about medical myths, propagation and genesis of misinformation, rampant pseudoscience, and dark episodes of unethical medical practices including human medical experimentations and false publications in reputed journals. The forty-six “debunking” articles have a journalistic vibe to them and comprise of historical facts, quotations from physicians, scientists, patients, and administrators involved in various cases. This book is quite relevant in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. |
| Walk Through Fire | Yasmine S Ali MD | Citadel Press | Showing how a single community's tragedy became the catalyst for radical change, this first book to examine the Waverly Train Disaster of 1978 -- penned by a medical writer and Waverly native -- examines how this disaster laid the groundwork for the future of emergency management and disaster relief. |
| Wandering Stars | Tommy Orange | Knopf | In a novel that is by turns shattering and wondrous, Tommy Orange has conjured the ancestors of the family readers first fell in love with in There There—warriors, drunks, outlaws, addicts—asking what it means to be the children and grandchildren of massacre. Wandering Stars is a novel about epigenetic and generational trauma that has the force and vision of a modern epic. New York Times Bestseller | Longlisted for the Booker Prize |
| Wastelands | Corban Addison | Penguin Random House | Wastelands takes us into the heart of a legal battle over the future of America's farmland, and into the lives of the people who found the courage to fight. |
| We Had to Be | Joely A Serino | Independent | Hearing the words, "You have breast cancer,” is a devastating blow. To help process their experience and to cope, many individuals turn toward writing and the arts to express themselves and their feelings during this tumultuous time. We Had To Be: An Anthology by Breast Cancer Survivors, Previvors, Thrivers, & their Families, curated and edited by Joely A. Serino, is filled with the writings and artwork of over 30 individuals from more than 8 different countries sharing how breast cancer touched their lives and changed them. |
| We'll Prescribe You a Cat | Syou Ishida & Translated by E Madison Shimoda | Penguin Random House | Tucked away in an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can only be found by people who are struggling in their lives and genuinely need help. The mysterious clinic offers a unique treatment to those who find their way there: it prescribes cats as medication. Patients are often puzzled by this unconventional prescription, but when they “take” their cat for the recommended duration to navigate their inner turmoil and seek resolution, their feline companions lead them toward healing, self-discovery, and newfound hope. A USA Today Bestseller |
| Well | Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH | Oxford University Press | A radical argument for how health has little to do with medicine - and how America gets it wrong and offering an explanation for why people in the U.S., despite spending more on health than any other country, remain less healthy and live shorter lives than people in other rich nations. The book considers how the fabric of the U.S. - its history, wealth, politics, and power - contributes to shorter, less healthy lives relevant to current conversations around healthcare reform, environmental deregulation, the implications of tax reform, welfare and entitlement programs, and immigration. Review |
'Well' Explores the Social and Political Underpinnings of Health by Stephanie O'Neill. NPR: Shots. June 4, 2019