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An engineered virus that attacks the brain leaks from a research lab and spreads quickly, causing infected people to go into psychotic rage. Before almost anyone knows what is happening, a well-armed America is terrorized by a pandemic of violence. Kanetha Wilson—friend of the first victim—is first to recognize that something is not as it seems. She inspires a small cadre of scientists and others into a breakneck, lonely, and lawless mission to identify and stop the murder plague.

No obscuro e sinistro hospital onde Jhenny, uma enfermeira corajosa trabalha, crianças desaparecem sem deixar rastros. Suspeitas de uma rede de tráfico de órgãos pairam no ar, enquanto a enigmática Dra. Ana guarda segredos sombrios e pratica atos médicos aterrorizantes. Enquanto Jhenny desvenda os horrores ocultos e enfrenta o terror que a envolve, ela se vê em uma batalha pela verdade e pela sobrevivência. Traída e mutilada, Jhenny precisa reunir suas últimas forças para confrontar a médica sádica e expor a verdade perturbadora que ameaça consumir a todos

Beeke ist Ärztin in der beliebten Praxis am Meer auf Föhr. Ihr Beruf ist ihre große Leidenschaft, hält sie zurzeit aber mehr auf Trab, als gut für sie ist. Darüber hinaus schiebt sie eine anstehende Nachsorgeuntersuchung schon viel zu lange vor sich her, obwohl sie es selbst besser wissen sollte. An morgen möchte sie lieber nicht denken. Das ändert sich, als der Kinderarzt Constantin ihren Weg kreuzt. Die beiden verstehen sich auf Anhieb, Beeke zögert jedoch. Solange ihre Zukunft in den Sternen steht, will sie sich auf keine Beziehung einlassen.

Der brutale Mord an einer Krankenschwester hält Detective Jane Rizzoli und Gerichtsmedizinerin Maura Isles in Atem. Noch in Arbeitskleidung wurde ihr der Schädel eingeschlagen. Hat sie einen Dieb überrascht oder hat jemand auf sie gewartet? Was Jane da gar nicht gebrauchen kann, ist ihre Mutter, die sie permanent wegen der vermeintlich entführten Nachbarstochter anruft. Zudem sind da noch diese unfreundlichen Neuen in der Straße - mit denen ist etwas nicht koscher, glaubt Angela. Jane wischt alle Warnungen beiseite.

Doctor Stephenson's day-to-day routine of caring for animals is shattered by the apparently random murder of his lifelong friend. He and his hound, Lucinda, are drawn into the investigation. Kent soon suspects that small-town politics surrounding a new resort have led to murder, and that it won't end with just one victim. When a nameless toddler is found wandering alone by the river, all bets are off. As he unravels the mystery, Kent struggles with a new love interest and a sense of helplessness, as he fights the medical battle of his career to save his daughter's prize stallion.

Una organización secreta compuesta por políticos, miembros de la realeza y la élite financiera urde un plan misterioso llamado "Operación Inuit". El periodista Antonio Villegas descubre el plan y aparece muerto en extrañas circunstancias. Paralelamente, la joven doctora Eulalia Martín observa cómo aumentan estrepitosamente los casos de leucemia para los pacientes que consumen un medicamento sospechoso.

In The Methuselah Gene, Michael S. Maurer’s mesmerizing medical thriller, Alex Morton, a talented but unorthodox scientist, undertakes the care of little Jimmy Higgins who suffers from one of the rarest diseases in the world, progeria, a genetic mutation that grossly accelerates the aging process. Alex’s study of progeria yields staggering discoveries about the mother of all diseases, aging. What Alex does not know is that Mother Nature jealously guards her secrets and that his newly developed therapies will lead to calamitous unintended consequences.

Dr. Skowronnek ist Kurarzt – und als solcher mit den Gepflogenheiten in den mondänen Kurorten bekannt. Er kennt die typischen Patientinnen – und er kennt die besondere Art Männer, die zu Beginn der Saison unweigerlich in diesen Kurorten auftauchen. Joseph Roth, der unnachahmliche Beobachter und Erzähler, schildert in dieser wunderbar tragischen Novelle den Tod eines Mannes – und die besondere Rolle, die dessen betrügerische Frau dabei spielt.

A Sulrano, nel cuore della Grecia Salentina, si muore ancora per il morso della taranta. Questo, almeno, il significato che i paesani danno alle morti che puntuali colpiscono due volte all'anno, nel corso delle celebrazioni che si concludono con la festa di San Paolo. Le autopsie confermano la presenza del veleno del ragno, ma Gelsomino è convinto che Sulrano sia solo un luogo dimenticato dallo scorrere del tempo e che, all'ombra dell'ignoranza dei suoi abitanti, qualcuno stia uccidendo indisturbato.

Joan has always done the right thing, both as a palliative care doctor and as a caregiver for her widowed mother, Sheila. Joan’s adventurous sister, Vivien, is a different story. She left home as soon as she was able—running from an insecure childhood troubled by an alcoholic father and a mother who constantly threw away all their possessions in order to buy new ones. Vivien’s rarely been back, working as a nurse in the world’s trouble zones, leaving the heavy burden of family on her sister. Still, when Vivien learns that their mother is seriously ill, she reaches out to Joan.

DC Heart surgeon Dr. Steven Leeds is suddenly besieged by a handful of immensely complicated heart attack and stroke cases, all caused by a rare arterial injury—a dissection. Private detective Kirk Miner and FBI agent Jack Mulville investigate, and they immediately suspect Leeds’ former lover, who harbors a grudge against all the victims. Then when prominent people in the US government begin to experience these same deadly cardiac emergencies, it falls to the unlikely team of three to snuff out a catastrophic plot that only the medically astute can divine.

Dedicated and ambitious, Emma Swann is about to start a gruelling year as a surgical registrar at the prestigious Mount teaching hospital. She's excited to join her adored older brother Andy in pursuing the same career as their father, an eminent surgeon who made his name at The Mount. But the pressure of living up to his distinguished reputation is nothing compared with the escalating stress Emma experiences as a registrar.

Marianne is grieving. Still reeling from the loss of her sister, she wakes up one day to discover a thick black hair protruding from her spine. Her doctor assures her that the inexplicable growth is a physical reaction to grief. Forced to admit that she isn’t coping, Marianne accepts the offer of a quiet recovery at Nede, a remote health retreat in the Welsh countryside. But all is not as it seems and Marianne feels herself losing control: of her body, mind, and memories. Why are her fellow patients so unwilling to talk? Can she trust the staff who claim to be so keen to help her?

What would you do if everything you loved was suddenly destroyed by a microscopic organism not visible to the naked eye? Affable Texan Marshall Morris is about to enter college when the COVID pandemic explodes into America, completely derailing his life. When the disease strikes the usually unsinkable Marshall, he is shaken, but endures his “prisonlike” quarantine with good cheer. Not seeing his friends is tough, but he chats longingly with girlfriend Mallory.

Things are not quite okay. What is around the corner that is about to change everyone's lives? Set in the month of March, we follow Jalaal, a diligent but confused doctor. Despite being married with two children, Jalaal has never taken root anywhere. He's spent his career living out of a bag in sterile, lifeless accommodation as a locum doctor but now it's time to join his wife and children and finally settle in the East End of London.

Globales Unheil bahnt sich an. Die Welt, wie wir sie kennen, bricht auseinander. Die komplette Sleepless-Serie vom preisgekrönten Bestsellerautor Andreas Brandhorst. Das Hamburger Start-up Harmony bringt ein neues Medikament auf den Markt: "Sleepless". Es bietet Menschen die Möglichkeit, teilweise oder ganz auf Schlaf zu verzichten, ohne müde zu werden. Sie gewinnen also Zeit, die sie bisher schlafend verbrachten, als Lebenszeit hinzu. Doch schon bald wird klar: Immer mehr Menschen leiden nach der Einnahme des Medikaments Sleepless an Psychosen und mentalen Veränderungen.

When a rare plant living within the most remote reaches of the Amazon rain forest is discovered to contain a key ingredient for a promising COVID-19 cure, a high-powered pharmacologist teams up with a renegade botanist to locate and retrieve specimens of the elusive plant. But the unlikely pair soon learns they are not the only ones who seek the valuable biological resource.

Julia began her career as an emergency physician but changed her chosen specialty after a tragic case. A young boy was brought to her ER with a severe allergic reaction and dies after she attempts a life-saving procedure.

Thirty-eight-year-old Vivian Long has suffered from agoraphobia (fear of public places, fear of leaving home) for all her adult life. She experiences a severe panic attack while driving home from the store and runs a red light, nearly crashing into a truck with her 14-year-old daughter, Faith, in the car. This is the catalyst to get long-needed help.

Patients are dying at St. Raphael's Hospital. That sucks. What’s worse? I think a doctor is behind the deaths. Me? I'm an X-ray tech. I can see through people. That’s cool, but is it enough to stop a psychotic neurosurgeon? Can I use my X-ray skills to learn the truth before it’s too late for me and my patients?