Content includes a chapter on coronaviruses titled "SARS and MERS: Harbingers of Things to Come". Other chapters are on the &lt;a href="Epidemiology%20of%20HIV/AIDS"&gt;HIV/AIDS&lt;/a&gt;, toxic shock syndrome, the 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic, and Ebola outbreaks, covering all the main outbreaks over the previous 30 years, including influenza bioterrorism, Gain-of-function research, influenza research, the antivaccine movement, and antimicrobial resistance. The concept of "game-changing influenza vaccines" is introduced in the chapter "Taking influenza off the table". This provides reasoning and mechanisms for developing vaccines. Solutions to antimicrobial drug resistance are suggested in the chapter titled "Fighting the resistance".