Health Sciences: On COVID-19
About This Guide
The purpose of this page is to share reliable, accurate information with the public regarding Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
General Information and Updates
Be informed and take time to read the reliable information from this list of authoritative sources.
Educational Materials (MOPH, Qatar)
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Curious about the current situation of cases? You may find your answers here: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation dashboard (WHO).
Rumors and misinformation can be dangerous and misleading. Here are some myths on COVID-19: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Advice for the Public: Myth Busters.
Research Materials
Here are some materials that you may find relevant to your research on COVID-19:
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by JAMA Network
COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) by DynaMed
Q&A: The novel coronavirus outbreak causing COVID-19
Reading List from Taylor and Francis
Recommended journals and resources from selected medical associations:
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
Interesting Finds in the Library!
Care after Covid: What the Pandemic Revealed Is Broken in Healthcare and How to Reinvent It by
A practical action plan for reinventing healthcare in a post-pandemic world--from a physician-entrepreneur who works with Fortune 500 companies. If the healthcare system were an emperor, Covid-19 tragically revealed that it had no clothes. Healthcare had to adapt, and quickly―sparking a dramatic acceleration of virtual care, drive-through testing, and home-based services. In the process, old rules were rewritten and, perhaps surprisingly, largely in a good way for patients. To succeed in the post-pandemic world, all of us―patients, caregivers, providers, employers, investors, technologists, and policymakers―need to understand the new healthcare landscape and change our strategies and behaviors accordingly. In Care After Covid, practicing physician and business leader Dr. Shantanu Nundy--Chief Medical Officer of Accolade, which provides technology-enabled health services to Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses―lays out a comprehensive plan to transform healthcare along three dimensions: Distributed: healthcare will happen where health happens. It will shift from where doctors are to where patients are--at home, in the community, and increasingly on their phones. Digitally enabled: healthcare and the relationships that are central to care will be strengthened by data and technology. It will shift from being siloed to connected, from being episodic to continuous, from one-size-fits-all to more personalized. Decentralized: healthcare decisions and resources will be in the hands of those closest to care. The power to determine who gets care and how they get it will shift away from governments and insurance companies to communities, employers, doctors, and patients. Filled with firsthand insights and stories from the frontlines of healthcare--as well as innovative solutions that were proven effective before and during the pandemic--Care After Covid shows all stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem exactly what needs to change and, more importantly, how to do it. The time to act is now. We can't afford not to.
Call Number: RA395.A3 N86 2021ISBN: 9781264259120Publication Date: 2021-05-04
COVID-19: Prediction, Decision-Making, and Its Impacts by
The book aims to outline the issues of AI and COVID-19, involving predictions,medical support decision-making, and possible impact on human life. Starting withmajor COVID-19 issues and challenges, it takes possible AI-based solutions forseveral problems, such as public health surveillance, early (epidemic) prediction,COVID-19 positive case detection, and robotics integration against COVID-19.Beside mathematical modeling, it includes the necessity of changes in innovationsand possible COVID-19 impacts. The book covers a clear understanding of AI-driven tools and techniques, where pattern recognition, anomaly detection, machinelearning, and data analytics are considered. It aims to include the wide range ofaudiences from computer science and engineering to healthcare professionals.
Call Number: RA644.C67 C684 2021ISBN: 9789811596810Publication Date: 2020-12-12
Psychoanalytic diaries of the COVID-19 pandemic by
This intimate book explores the experiences of two psychoanalysts during the COVID-19 pandemic. It presents Angelo Moroni's psychoanalytic diary and Pietro Roberto Goisis's clinical diary, two highly personal perspectives that explore the interplay of the personal and the psychoanalytic during a time of collective trauma. Angelo's account, written from his 'camp tent', examines how fundamental, time-tested procedures are suddenly questioned. Roberto's diary is the story of his own experience as a COVID patient, the mutually therapeutic caring relationships he encounters and his efforts to keep his analytical expertise alive and well. The two accounts share painful and graphic experiences of the trauma of the pandemic, and how the authors were forced to reconsider the issues of analytical 'asymmetry' and 'neutrality'. Psychoanalytic Diaries of the COVID-19 Pandemic will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training, and to readers with an interest in clinical and personal accounts of the COVID-19 pandemic"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number: RA644.C67 G644 2022ISBN: 9781032056913Publication Date: 2022
Social Change in the Gulf Region by
This open access book, comprising thirty-nine chapters divided into social, cultural, economic, and political spheres, offers a unique opportunity to dive into the complex, dynamic, and sometimes contradictory transformation of Gulf societies in the last few decades. Whilst the Gulf region has at times been seen as impervious to this natural phenomenon of transformation--timeless, never changing, deeply rooted in its ancient tribal customs and traditions and able to blend past and present seamlessly without suffering the wrenching trauma of change--this is clearly not the case, and the region is not immune to the inevitable forces of social change. There is no doubt today that the social change sweeping the Gulf has been profound, affecting almost every aspect of life in the Gulf societies. This volume has an encyclopedic value as the chapters collectively offer multifaceted and multidisciplinary perspectives to understand social change in the Gulf region. Through these chapters, the role of economic and educational transformation, and the impact of social media, migration, and urbanization have in driving social change in the Gulf societies is examined in detail with a focus on their directions, magnitudes, and relevant policy options. It also considers how COVID-19 is affecting the lives of the people in the Gulf. This book bridges gaps in the understanding of the rapid pace of social change in the Gulf, offering practical solutions for policy interventions. It is of interest to scholars and students in Middle Eastern studies, specifically, as well as sociology, media studies, migration studies, and educational policy.
Call Number: HN656.A8 S63 2023ISBN: 9789811977954Publication Date: 2023-03-22
The Vaccine by
Winners of the Paul Ehrlich Prize The dramatic story of the married scientists who founded BioNTech and developed the first vaccine against COVID-19. Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Ugur Sahin told Ã-zlem Türeci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of the year. His confidence was built upon almost thirty years of research. While working to revolutionize the way that cancerous tumors are treated, the couple had explored a volatile and overlooked molecule called messenger RNA; they believed it could be harnessed to redirect the immune system's forces against any number of diseases. As the founders of BioNTech, they faced widespread skepticism from the scientific community at first; but by the time Sars-Cov-2 was discovered in Wuhan, China, BioNTech was prepared to deploy cutting edge technology and create the world's first clinically approved inoculation for the coronavirus. The Vaccine draws back the curtain on one of the most important medical breakthroughs of our age; it will reveal how Doctors Sahin and Türeci were able to develop twenty vaccine candidates within weeks, convince Big Pharma to support their ambitious project, navigate political interference from the Trump administration and the European Union, and provide more than three billion doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to countries around the world in record time. Written by Joe Miller--the Financial Times' Frankfurt correspondent who covered BioNTech's COVID-19 project in real time--with contributions from Sahin and Türeci, as well as interviews with more than sixty scientists, politicians, public health officials, and BioNTech staff, the book covers key events throughout the extraordinary year, as well as exploring the scientific, economic, and personal background of each medical innovation. Crafted to be both completely accessible to the average reader and filled with details that will fascinate seasoned microbiologists, The Vaccine explains the science behind the breakthrough, at a time when public confidence in vaccine safety and efficacy is crucial to bringing an end to this pandemic.
Call Number: RA644.C67 M5445 2022ISBN: 9781250280367Publication Date: 2022-02-01
