Research Guides: Pandemics and COVID-19: Pandemics

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Read about infectious diseases, epidemics, and pandemics in Gale eBooks and Issues & Controversies, great datbases to begin your research. Here are some selected titles from both:

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.
Infectious Diseases by Thomas J. Riggs
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781410381316
Publication Date: 2018-07-01
Pandemic Preparedness: During a pandemic, governmental agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will play a key role in tracking the disease, assisting state health agencies, and distributing key personnel and medical supplies. Planning at the community level is also important to maintain vital services during a pandemic, while limiting the spread of the disease.
The Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health by Brigham Narins
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780028666716
Publication Date: 2019-09-01
Pandemic A pandemic is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across large portions of several continents or even worldwide. The English word comes from two Greek words that mean “all” and “people.” A noncontagious disease or condition that affects large numbers of people around the world on a steady basis (such as cancer, diabetes, or depression) is not a pandemic; the disorder must be an infectious disease to be defined as one.
The Gale Encyclopedia of Emerging Diseases by Gale Research Inc
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781410380777
Publication Date: 2018-01-19
Read entries on "Pandemics," "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome," "Vaccination," "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus," and "Globalization and Emerging Diseases." This book is a guide to information on infectious diseases that have either lately appeared for the first time in a population or have recently rapidly increased in incidence. The articles avoid medical jargon and use language that laypersons can understand while still providing authoritative, balanced information that addresses the pathogens that are causing and threaten to cause significant health crises.

Issues & Controversies: Coronavirus: Are Quarantines and Travel Restrictions Appropriate Responses to COVID-19?
Pro/con report on the coronavirus with an excellent linked bibliography.

Need to find scholarly, peer-reviewed articles on coronavirus and/or pandemics?

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Learn about past pandemics

CDC - Continuum of Pandemic Phases
The four phases include “interpandemic,” “alert,” “pandemic,” and “transition.” The phases in the continuum also overlap with the stages of the pandemic risk assessment.
CDC - Pandemic Basics
Pandemics happen when new (novel) influenza A viruses emerge which are able to infect people easily and spread from person to person in an efficient and sustained way. Because the virus is new to humans, very few people will have immunity against the pandemic virus, and a vaccine might not be widely available.
CDC - Past Pandemics in Recent History

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Background Information

Read about infectious diseases, epidemics, and pandemics in Gale eBooks and Issues & Controversies, great datbases to begin your research. Here are some selected titles from both:

Need to find scholarly, peer-reviewed articles on coronavirus and/or pandemics?

Learn about past pandemics