Over the last year, I created a reading list for my niece who was starting her undergraduate degree program in public health at Saint Louis University. It covers several resources for COVID-19, biosecurity, public health, infection control, behavioral economics, and disaster preparedness/response. I share this as a resource for my readers as well.
Here are a list of links that may be of interest to you regarding public health and COVID-19:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
https://govstatus.egov.com/kycovid19
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/controlprevention.html
https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/mcm-issues/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19
Here is a list of books that may interest you:
A Planet of Viruses: Second Edition 2nd ed. Edition
by Carl Zimmer
Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs 1st Edition
by Michael T. Osterholm PhD MPH (Author), Mark Olshaker (Author)
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic 1st Edition
by David Quammen (Author)
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life Paperback – August 6, 2019
by David Quammen (Author)
Reimagining Global Health: An Introduction (Volume 26) (California Series in Public Anthropology) First Edition
by Paul Farmer (Editor), Arthur Kleinman (Editor), Jim Yong Kim (Editor), Matthew Basilico (Editor)
What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City Hardcover – June 19, 2018
by Mona Hanna-Attisha (Author)
The Fatal Strain: On the Trail of Avian Flu and the Coming Pandemic Hardcover – November 12, 2009
by Alan Sipress (Author)
And the Band Played on: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic Hardcover – November 1, 1987
by Randy Shilts (Author)
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History 1st Edition
by John M. Barry (Author)
Crisis Emergency Risk Communication Paperback – January 19, 2016
by U.S. Government (Author), Penny Hill Press Inc (Editor)
What Were They Thinking?: Crisis Communication: The Good, the Bad, and the Totally Clueless
by Steve Adubato | Aug 27, 2008
Crisis Communications: The Definitive Guide to Managing the Message Hardcover – March 5, 2013
by Steven Fink (Author)
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (ALA Notable Books for Adults) 1st Edition
by Sheri Fink (Author)
Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago 1st Edition
by Eric Klinenberg (Author)
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World Hardcover – October 19, 2006
by Steven Johnson (Author)
The CDC Field Epidemiology Manual 1st Edition
by Sonja A. Rasmussen (Editor), Richard A. Goodman (Editor)
Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service 1st Edition
by Mark Pendergrast (Author)
Biosecurity Dilemmas: Dreaded Diseases, Ethical Responses, and the Health of Nations
by Christian Enemark
FORUM ON MICROBIAL THREATS: The Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control: Exploring the Consequences and Opportunities (Workshop Summary)
by Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
The Perils of Partnership: Industry Influence, Institutional Integrity, and Public Health
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0190
Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint, 3rd Edition
by Lawrence O. Gostin and Lindsay F. Wiley
Advocacy for Public Health Policy Change: An Urgent Imperative
by Harry M. Snyder, JD and Anthony B. Iron, MD, JD, MPH
Selling Public Health
by Rick Reynolds
Health Care Emergency Management: Principles and Practice
by Michael J. Reilly and David S. Markenson
Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System, 5th Edition
by Leiyu Shi and Douglas Singh
Neighborhoods and Health, 2nd Edition
by Dustin T. Duncan and Ichiro Kawachi (Editors)
Racism: Science and Tools for the Public Health Professional
by Chandra L. Ford, PhD, MPH, MLIS, Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Marino A. Bruce, PhD, MSRC, MDiv, & Keon L. Gilbert, DrPH, MPA, MA (Editors)
Milestones in Public Health: Accomplishments in Public Health Over the Last 100 Years
Published by Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Inc. (2006)
Nebraska Isolation & Quarantine Manual
by Theodore J. Cieslak, Mark G. Kortepeter, Christopher J. Kratochvil, James V. Lawler (Editors)
Rethinking Readiness: A Brief Guide to Twenty-First Century Megadisasters
by Jeff Schlegelmilch
Advanced Disaster Medical Response Manual for Providers, 2nd Edition
by Susan Miller Briggs, MD, MPH, FACS (Editor)
Quick Bio-Agents: USAMRIID’s Pocket Reference Guide to Biological Select Agents & Toxins
by Jaspal Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, Matthew Chambers, MD, MPH, Janice Rusnak, MD, & Mark Withers, MD, MPH
Criminal and Epidemiological Investigation Handbook, 2011 Edition
by US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of investigation
Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History
by Larry Brilliant
The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop
By Adam Kucharski
The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership under Pressure, 2nd Edition
by Arjen Boin, Paul ’t Hart, Eric Stern & Bengt Sundelius
Epidemiology by Design: A Causal Approach to the Health Sciences
by Daniel Westreich
Landesman’s Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide, 4th Edition
by Linda Young Landesman, DrPH, MSW and Rita V. Burke, PhD, MPH
Urban Planning & Public Health: A Critical Partnership
by Michael R. Greenberg, PhD and Dona Schneider, PhD, MPH
Urban Health: Combating Disparities with Local Data
by Steven Whitman, PhD, Ami Shah, MPH, & Maureen R. Benjamins, PhD
The Only Grant-Writing Book You’ll Ever Need, 5th Edition
by Ellen Karsh and Arlen Sue Fox
Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect
by Robert J. Sampson
The World: A Brief Introduction
by Richard Haass
Critical Thinking (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series)
by Jonathan Haber
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond
This is a video of a CDC Epidemiological Investigative Service (EIS) Officer’s TED Talk presentation about an investigation that I was involved with at the state health department:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVlzAQkz5eE
