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Film, VideoCOVID-19: Stronger Together Through a One Health Approach The Library of Congress Health Services Division and the Science, Technology and Business Division have collaborated with three expert speakers to provide the public with the latest information about the One Health approach, a transdisciplinary framework that calls for collaboration between human and veterinary medicine, sociology, economics, behavioral science and political science to manage current and future pandemics- Contributor: Steen, Tomoko - Deem, Sharon - McNamara, Tracey - Dunham, Bernadette - Charles, Sandra
- Date: 2021-10-19
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Film, VideoCovid-19 in Asia Numerous factors and dynamics have been observed in how the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded in different regions of the world. To fully understand the depth of the world's varied COVID-19 experiences, it is important to learn about each country's public health practices, and to explore how history, culture, and policy have influenced COVID-19 strategies and efforts.- Contributor: Steen, Tomoko - Hosoda, Miwako - Ying Hooi, Khoo - Sethi, Tavpritesh - Kazmi, Sahar - Dimoia, John - Cowling, Benjamin - Charles, Sandra
- Date: 2022-06-22
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Film, VideoCOVID-19 and Ethics: Disparity in Pandemics Discussions about ethical considerations and disparities in COVID-19 infections have risen to prominence throughout this pandemic. The CDC has declared racism as a major public health issue as a result of the handling of the disease, and the impacts of COVID-19 have been notably unequal across race, education levels and socio-economic status. The Library of Congress has collaborated with two expert speakers to help…- Contributor: Schmidt, Harald - Moreno, Jonathan
- Date: 2021-06-23
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Film, VideoCOVID-19 and the Brain The Library of Congress has collaborated with two expert speakers to help provide further information about COVID-19 associated brain disturbances and their genesis. Although the long-term impacts of COVID-19 are still being studied, ongoing research by some of the world's leading clinicians and scientists has uncovered new insights about the neurological effects of the virus on survivors. Current findings suggest some of the cognitive…- Contributor: Steen, Tomoko - Ikegawa, Masaya - Kazmi, Sahar - Charles, Sandra - A. Lamis, Dorian
- Date: 2021-05-13
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Film, VideoCOVID-19 and Our Environment This webinar shares three different approaches of environmental detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: to detect outbreaks in its early stage using sewage water; to know the dispersion of the virus particles at indoor settings; and to understand how long viruses stay on the surfaces of public buildings.- Date: 2021-07-21
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Film, VideoInfluenza & COVID-19: What to Expect This Winter The COVID-19 pandemic has required us to adjust rapidly to significant changes in our work and home lives. Just as many of us have found a somewhat new experience of normalcy in the midst of pandemic, we are now confronted by the intersection of COVID-19 and seasonal changes that bring increasing experiences of common colds, allergies and influenza, complicating our ability to diagnose COVID-19…- Contributor: Cobey, Sarah - Cowling, Benjamin - Lucey, Daniel - Charles, Sandra
- Date: 2020-12-03
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Film, VideoOur Past and Future of Living with COVID-19 Epidemic expert Stephen Morrison discusses what COVID-19 teaches us about global health security with the Library's John Haskell.- Contributor: Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2020
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Film, VideoPerspectives on the Post-COVID World Order Kluge Center Director John Haskell interviewed Hal Brands, Francis J. Gavin and historian Margaret MacMillan in a forward-looking conversation about the next few years. Topics will include the future of U.S. leadership in the world, prospects for competition between the US and China and predictions and advice regarding the Biden administration's first moves. Brands and Gavin are editors of the 2020 book "COVID-19 and…- Contributor: Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2020
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Film, VideoUncertainty and Loss: The Impact of the Pandemic This webinar helps promote further understanding of the current COVID-19 pandemic and encourage a dialogue about coping skills and mental health. This webinar was lead by researchers and mental health experts from the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Charles, Sandra - Steen, Tomoko Y. - Sellevang, Melissa - Kazmi, Sahar
- Date: 2021-04-27
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Film, VideoHow One Pandemic, SARS, Predicted Another, COVID-19 Author and journalist Karl Taro Greenfeld discusses his prescient book on the SARS epidemic, which foreshadowed the more devastating COVID-19 pandemic, with Roswell Encina, chief of communications at the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Library of Congress. Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives - Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
- Date: 2020
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Film, VideoU.S. Fiscal Policy in the Wake of COVID-19 John W. Kluge Center Director John Haskell talks with economist Jason J. Fichtner on fiscal policy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fichtner and Haskell will consider the tools available to the federal government to promote recovery from the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. They will also address the question how we should think about the exploding national debt. Co-sponsored with the…- Contributor: Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2020
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Film, VideoPublic Diplomacy After COVID: Is China Winning the Global PR Battle? The level of friction between the US and China appears to be rising as both countries deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, and as other issues like the status of Hong Kong only complicate relations. How does vaccine development play into the rivalry between the two powers? Is a US-China Cold War in the works, or already here? John Haskell discusses with Carla P. Freeman…- Contributor: Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2020
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Film, VideoCreative or Destructive Force? COVID-19, Russia & European Democracies Constanze Stelzenmüller and Andrew Weiss discuss what systems are handling the pandemic better and why, how the European Union is dealing with the pandemic, internal politics in Russia, and how all of this impacts the United States. John Haskell moderated.- Contributor: Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2020
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Film, VideoKiran Roy interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-14 Kiran Roy is a bus driver for the Hop On, Hop Off tour company and a taxi driver. He and his family moved to New Orleans from Chicago in 2019. He talks about the financial struggles of being unemployed during the pandemic, especially being in a place where he was not yet fully established. He also talks about cultural differences between India and the…- Contributor: Micaroni, Justin - Chatelain, Elise M. - Roy, Kiran
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoAn Evening with Simon Schama and Atul Gawande Writer, surgeon and public health leader Atul Gawande joined writer and public intellectual Simon Schama to discuss Schama's latest book, "Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations." The conversation explored the complex and surprising history of pandemics in the 18th and 19th centuries and its relevance to our current struggles with COVID-19 today.- Contributor: Schama, Simon - Gawande, Atul
- Date: 2023-11-16
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Film, Video1918 Flu: What Did We Learn? The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to have significant changes to our work and home lives. After almost one year, when many of us have found a somewhat new normalcy in the midst of pandemic, we are now facing the next important question: how to move forward using lessons we have from the past major pandemic such as 1918 flu outbreak.- Contributor: Lipsitch, Marc - Taubenberger, Jeffrey
- Date: 2021-01-07
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Film, VideoAshley Kinoshita interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-15 Ashley Kinoshita was a server at Lilette, an upscale neighborhood bistro, as restaurants reopened in New Orleans starting in 2021 and through 2022. She moved to New Orleans following a challenging pandemic Spring/Summer 2020 in Seattle, drawn by her love of music and a developing relationship with her now-husband. She currently teaches piano while pursuing a degree in music therapy, and still relies on…- Contributor: Micaroni, Justin - Chatelain, Elise M. - Kinoshita, Ashley
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoFredy Garcia interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-16 Fredy Garcia is a trumpet player who grew up in New Orleans among a musical family. He has worked in the city's service industry since serving in the military. During the first year of the pandemic he was in Florida, working multiple restaurant jobs before returning to New Orleans as festivals, restaurants and nightclubs reopened in 2021 and 2022. Key themes include his unique…- Contributor: Micaroni, Justin - Chatelain, Elise M. - Garcia, Fredy M.
- Date: 2023
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Film, VideoGIS Day 2020: Mapping the Pandemic Cases, Traces & Mutations For almost everyone in the world, the last few months have been unlike any experienced in their lifetimes. The current public health crisis, spawned by the outbreak of COVID-19, has shown that viral pathogens pose an ever-present danger to global human health and economic stability. For cartographers and epidemiologists tracking the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, trying to understand its evolution, zoonotic spillover and…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2020
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Film, VideoLawrence Wright: National Book Festival 2021 Lawrence Wright discusses "The Plague Year: America in the Time of COVID" (Knopf) with philanthropist and National Book Festival co-chairman David M. Rubenstein.- Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
- Date: 2021
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Film, VideoJohn M. Barry on "The Great Influenza" John M. Barry, author of "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History," talks with David Rubenstein about the 1918 influenza pandemic, how the world responded and lessons to be learned during the present COVID-19 crisis.- Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
- Date: 2020
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Film, VideoAdam Grant and Mishal Husain: National Book Festival 2021 Adam Grant, author of "Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know" (Viking), and Mishal Husain, author of "The Skills: From First Job to Dream Job - What Every Woman Needs to Know" (Harper Business), discuss the importance of rethinking "best practices" in our work, the transformation of the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic and the benefits of thinking like a scientist…- Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
- Date: 2021
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Film, Video2022 National Book Festival: How Racism Happens with Robert Samuels and Linda Villarosa What is systemic racism? In "Under the Skin," Linda Villarosa exposes forces in our healthcare system that cause Black people to "live sicker and die quicker." In "His Name is George Floyd," Robert Samuels draws upon hundreds of interviews to illustrate how inequalities in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing affected Floyd's life and legacy. Moderated by Eric Deggans.- Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
- Date: 2022
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Film, VideoSocial Movements and American Democracy in the 21st Century Grassroots organizing and collective action have always been fundamental to American democracy. Some recent struggles by Americans to make their voices heard have not resulted in the kinds of changes that participants hoped for. But some movements, both recently and further back in American history, have succeeded in changing our society and the way that we understand it. In this event, scholars of American…- Contributor: Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2021
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Film, VideoHow Liberty Flourishes: National Book Festival 2020 Jared Diamond, "Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis" (Little, Brown), appears in conversation with James A. Robinson, "The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies and the Fate of Liberty" (Penguin). Diamond's book centers on why some nations recover from trauma and others don't, positing a more contemporary version of his bestselling "Guns, Germs and Steel." Robinson's book (co-authored with Daron Acemoglu) answers the question of…- Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
- Date: 2020