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Pandemics through history
The review article aims to shed light on some of the deadliest pandemics throughout history, information of critical importance for clinicians and researchers.
Sampath S, Khedr A, Qamar S, Tekin A, Singh R, Green R, Kashyap R. Pandemics Throughout the History. Cureus. 2021 Sep 20;13(9):e18136. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18136. PMID: 34692344; PMCID: PMC8525686.
Pandemics and Global Health
The ebook Pandemics and Global Health portrays a bird's eye view about pandemics and global public health in the 21st century.

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Search "COVID" for a range of related topics like "Pandemic Preparedness", below. CQ Researcher provides reports written by journalists, footnoted and fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short "sidebar" features round out the reports.

Pandemic Preparedness Will the world be ready to contain the next outbreak?
CQ Researcher report

ProQuest Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
Social Science Database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.
Coronavirus Research Database This link opens in a new window
Coronavirus Research Database includes coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, and curates openly available content related to coronaviruses.

Pandemics: a Very Short Introduction by Christian W. McMillen
ISBN: 9780199340071
Publication Date: 2016-12-01
Christian W. McMillen provides a concise yet comprehensive account of pandemics throughout human history, illustrating how pandemic disease has shaped history and, at the same time, social behavior has influenced pandemic disease.
Global Health, Humanity and the COVID-19 Pandemic by Francis Egbokhare (Editor); Adeshina Afolayan (Editor)
ISBN: 9783031174285
Publication Date: 2023-02-25
This volume interrogates global health and especially the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role that science has played in mitigating the human experiences of pandemics and health over the centuries.
The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World by Paul R. Ward (Editor); Kristen Foley (Editor)
Publication Date: 2023-04-14
This handbook offers a sociological examination of the lived impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through culture(s) of emotion - from hope to anger, optimism to grief, and courage to boredom.
Epidemic Cities by Antonio Carbone
ISBN: 9781108930895
Publication Date: 2022-10-27
Epidemic Cities provides an overview of the history of epidemics through a particular focus on a range of cities in different regions of the world.