Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Season Underway for West Nile Virus

9th - 10th
Informative article from NPR describing the threat of the West Nile Virus for citizens in the United States for the summer of 2003. Heavy spring rains have increased the number of mosquitoes and the risk of West Nile. There is also a map...
Instructional Video
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: From Birds to People: The West Nile Virus Story

9th - 10th
This video/slideshow helps you discover how the West Nile virus infects mosquitoes, birds, and people-with very different consequences. Click on the "Start Click and Learn icon.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spillover Zika, Ebola & Beyond: Part 9: The Predict Project

9th - 10th
See Jonna Mazet's innovative PREDICT Project in action. PREDICT is a worldwide effort to use animal surveillance to monitor viruses, proactively preventing and containing outbreaks of infectious disease by identitifying points of...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Tracking Viruses From Animals to People

9th - 10th
Researchers discuss West Nile, hantavirus, and other diseases that cross from animals to people.