Research Guides: Pandemics and COVID-19: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Resources tor Study

Epidemics and Pandemics [2 Volumes] by Joseph P. Byrne; Jo N. Hays
ISBN: 9781440863783
Publication Date: 2021-01-27
Pandemics and Outbreaks by Barbara Krasner (Compiled by)
Call Number: ast Campus Library And Learning Center Available , Books RA653.5 .P38 2022
ISBN: 9781534507302
Publication Date: 2021-07-30
Global Pandemics and Epidemics and How They Relate to You by Angela L. Williams (Managing editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780780818163
Publication Date: 2020-09-04
Basic consumer health information about widespread disease outbreaks and their associated threats, as well as information about disease management and advice about what to do when infectious diseases spread rapidly to many people.
What You Need to Know about the Flu by Roni K. Devlin
ISBN: 9781440870071
Publication Date: 2020-12-02

Variants

SARS-CoV-2 variants dashboard
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
What Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 variants mean for the pandemic
Nature - 23 June 2022
Are COVID surges becoming more predictable? New Omicron variants offer a hint - Nature - 10 May 2022
Omicron relatives called BA.4 and BA.5 are behind a fresh wave of COVID-19 in South Africa, and could be signs of a more predictable future for SARS-CoV-2.
COVID-19: We can’t predict what’s next. But here’s what we can do now.
By Kara Manke| JULY 20, 2021 in UC Berkeley's Berkeley News
How Dangerous Is the Delta Variant (B.1.617.2)?
by Ashley Hagen, M.S., Senior Science Communications Specialist at the American Society for Microbiology. Published in ASM.
Vaccines work well against the delta variant. Here’s why you should wear a mask anyway
Association of American Medical Colleges

Vaccines

FDA Advisory Panel Endorses Novavax—1st Protein-Based Covid Vaccine - Forbes - 7 June 2022
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to endorse Novavax’s protein-based Covid-19 vaccine, bringing the shot one step closer to becoming the fourth FDA-approved coronavirus shot for adults.
Understanding mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna)
COVID-19 vaccines (The Basics)
UpToDate, Inc. is a company in the Wolters Kluwer Health division of Wolters Kluwer whose main product is UpToDate, a software system that is a point-of-care medical resource. The UpToDate system is an evidence-based clinical resource.
Vaccines for COVID-19-- CDC
The Choice to Vaccinate Has Never Been Free
By Rhea Boyd, The Nation, August 11, 2021. Connects income inequality with the groups of people who have yet to be vaccinated: the working poor.
When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated

Back to School and Safety

9 things to know about COVID-19 and the Delta variant as kids return to school
UC Davis chief of pediatric infectious diseases Dean Blumberg provides guidance on the nine things parents should know.

Prevention

"Mask wearing in community settings reduces SARS-CoV-2 transmission" - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) May 31, 2022
Researchers directly analyze the effect of mask wearing on SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Based on results of this study, policy makers can effectively reduce transmission by intervening to increase mask wearing.
Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Communities
Protect yourself and your community from getting and spreading respiratory illnesses like coronavirus disease 2019. Everyone has a role to play in getting ready and staying healthy.

Treatments

Introduction

The illness caused by the novel coronavirus has been named CoViD-19 by the World Health Organization. The virus has been renamed "SARS-CoV-2" (see www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30419-0/fulltext).

WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard
Novel Coronavirus 2019 - World Health Organization
WHO has been working with Chinese authorities and global experts to learn more about the virus, how it affects the people who are sick with it, how they can be treated, and what countries can do to respond. This site provides situational updates, technical information, travel advisories, and information on protecting yourself from the virus.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (CDC)
State of California COVID-19 resource page
California Dept of Public Health COVID-19 Updates
Stay informed! The California Department of Public Health (the Public Health Department) understands there are concerns about novel coronavirus, and understandably so.

Important to Know

CIDRAP's Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Center
CIDRAP is tracking and analyzing the rapidly evolving novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The CIDRAP COVID-19 Resource Center provides a deep well of information for public health experts, business preparedness leaders, government officials, and the public.
Acute pediatric hepatitis cases raise flags in UK, US, Spain - April 15, 2022
Clusters of acute hepatitis in kids—many resulting in liver failure—in Europe and the United States are triggering investigations from WHO & CDC, as the illnesses appear to be linked to infections with adenoviruses.
Study: Half of COVID-19 survivors have at least 1 symptom a year later
Article by Mary Van Beusekom, News Writer at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) reporting on a study published in the Lancet on August 28, 2021 (the DOI of the Lancet study: DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01755-4)
Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data Report
State-level reports are the best publicly available and timely data on child COVID-19 cases in the United States. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association are collaborating to collect and share all publicly available data from states on child COVID-19 cases.

Maps/Visualizations

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For publisher, use the organization's name, HealthMap.
For webpage title, use COVID-19.
Date: use today's date since the map is updated daily.
For location, use the URL: https://www.healthmap.org/covid-19/.

MLA:

"COVID-19." HealthMap, 29 Mar. 2021, www.healthmap.org/covid-19/. Interactive map.

APA:

COVID-19 [Interactive map]. (2021, March 29). HealthMap. https://www.healthmap.org/covid-19/

Academic/Scholarly Resources for Research

National Institutes of Health Coronavirus Update
Updates from the NIH on COVID-19 research
Articles from PubMed
A preformulated search will bring up the latest research from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Database.
Annotated genome sequence of the 2019 novel coronavirus in GenBank
Novel coronavirus complete genome from the Wuhan outbreak is available in the NCBI database GenBank
New England Journal Of Medicine - 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
A collection of articles and other resources on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak, including clinical reports, management guidelines, and commentary
JAMA Coronavirus Resource Center
Diagnosis and treatment information updated as published. CDC and WHO guidance
DynaMed Novel Coronavirus
Summary information, diagnosis, management, patient info. and more.
This Week in Virology Podcast
MicrobeTV was founded in 2015 by Vincent Racaniello, a professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University. Vincent began his first podcast, This Week in Virology, in September 2008.

Long COVID

COVID-19 and Racial Disparity/Racism

As Pandemic Deaths Add Up, Racial Disparities Persist — And In Some Cases Worsen
People of color get sick and die of COVID-19 at rates higher than whites and higher than their share of the population. This report examines the data.
Resources on Health Disparities & COVID-19
Harvard Medical School Office For Diversity Inclusion And Community Partnership
Pandemics: A History of Discrimination
by Anna Cheng, August 6, 2021. A compendium of data supporting the fact that the pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on communities of color. From discrimination against Asian-Americans to the outsized impact of COVID-19 on Black Americans, Cheng examines pandemics in relation to racism/systemic racism.

Recursos

COVID-19 Resources in Multiple Languages
The California Endowment offers downloadable fact sheet, proper hygiene precautions poster, and a Stop! poster you can post at the entrances of your organizations to alert those not feeling well to reconsider entering your facility. In English, Spanish, Chinese, and Hmong.