epidemics

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, the phrase "flatten the curve" became widely known. It refers to the things people can do to space the total number of infections out over a longer period of time. This helps prevent the health-care system from being overloaded. Flattening the Curve examines social distancing and the other measures that people took to slow the spread of the disease.

Many of the world's largest economies shut down almost overnight as nations tried to slow the spread of COVID-19. These measures saved lives, but they also cost millions of jobs and shuttered many companies-some temporarily, others forever. The Economic Impact of COVID-19 studies how the pandemic and the fight against it affected every part of the economy, from individuals to huge corporations.

A picture book that describes the impact of COVID-19 on communities and why some essential workers could not quarantine.

"A collection of teenage love stories set during life in lockdown during the COVID-19 epidemic. There's flirting and romance through window signs and over Skype and Zoom. There's a determined girl with a mask-making business, and two boys who meet through socially distant dog-walks. It's about finding love in unexpected place during an unprecedented time"--OCLC.

"There's only one thing strong enough to unite people who have been fighting for years, and Sev holds the key to it inside her mind. If she can't reach the cure in time, there may not be anyone left to save"--Provided by publisher.

"Over the last thirty years we learned nearly every lesson needed to stop this coronavirus outbreak in its tracks--and we heeded almost none of them. The result is a pandemic on ascale never before seen in our lifetimes. [The author] lays out the full story of the previous viruses that should have prepared us, the . . . public health failures that paved the way, the failure to contain the outbreak, and most importantly, what we must do to prevent future pandemics"--OCLC.

An introduction to the history, treatment and prevention of the ebola virus.

An illustrated introduction to COVID-19.

"There's only one thing strong enough to unite people who have been fighting for years, and Sev holds the key to it inside her mind. If she can't reach the cure in time, there may not be anyone left to save"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the foundations of human biology: structure, genetics, and diseases.