Health and Disease: Library Materials

Examine COVID-19 from a scientific perspective. Readers will learn about the origin of the disease, its symptoms and treatments, and how people can protect themselves and others.

Scientists have studied the COVID-19 virus since its discovery in late December 2019. Knowledge of how the disease spreads and the symptoms it causes can save lives. This book examines the efforts of scientists to understand this disease and the virus that causes it.

COVID-19 caused the lockdowns of cities and countries around the world. Businesses closed. School and work were moved online. Life During COVID-19 examines the effects of the pandemic on everyday life.

COVID-19 has shut down most people's normal lives. But grocery stores are still open, mail is still delivered, and restaurants are offering meals via delivery. None of this would be possible without the people who are still going to work every day, exposing themselves to the virus so that others can stay home. Most importantly, healthcare workers are doing all they can--putting their own lives at risk--to treat and save those who have contracted the disease.

During the economic shutdown caused by COVID-19, millions of people lost their jobs as thousands of businesses shut down, either temporarily or permanently. How are governments helping people--and businesses--stay afloat? Will there be permanent changes even after the virus is gone? During this "Big Pause," pollution levels have dropped in many areas of the world--but will that last? Will anything positive come out of this crisis?

Explore the idea of social distancing during the COVID-19 crisis. Readers will examine the reasons behind social distancing, ways to adapt to it, and how it may continue to impact people in the future.

COVID-19 is not the first disease to spread around the world. The Black Death killed nearly one-third of Europe's population in the 1300s. More than 500 million people became sick with the flu in 1918. Past Pandemics and COVID-19 examines how COVID-19 compares to other widespread diseases in history.

An account of the mysterious disease called pellagra that spread across the American South in the early 1900s that made people weak, disfigured, and insane and sometimes caused their deaths; and discusses how doctors and public health officials found the cause of the illness and stopped the epidemic.

Discusses the history and science of the Ebola virus.

Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history--the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS--chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting social, economic, and political implications, and how medical knowledge and treatments have advanced as a result of the crises they have occasioned.

The influenza epidemic in 1918 killed more people than World War I. Read this book to learn more about the history of this infectious disease.

This title covers the events surrounding an unprecedented global health crisis, including the origin of the pandemic, how it spread across the world, and how government leaders and health experts worked to respond.