Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Schizoaffective Disorder
An explanation of Schizoaffective disorder including the criteria needed to make the diagnosis, causes, and treatment.
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Khan Academy: Schizophrenia Treatment
An explanation of the treatment of schizophrenia as related to the stages of the disorder.
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Khan Academy: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
An explanation of post traumatic stress disorder including causes, symptoms, and treatment.
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Khan Academy: Fighting Infection With Adaptive Immunity
Read a passage about our immune system and answer the follow-up questions.
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Khan Academy: What Is Malaria?
Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a parasite called Plasmodium that invades red blood cells and liver cells. The parasites are transferred to humans by the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. The article discusses how...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Basics of Malaria
An overview of malaria and the types of Plasmodium that is carried by the Anopheles mosquito infecting red blood cells and liver cells in the human body. Symptoms of malaria are also discussed.
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Khan Academy: Diagnosing Malaria
The three-step process of diagnosing malaria is explained.
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Khan Academy: Treatment of Malaria
After malaria has been confirmed by lab or biochemical diagnosis, treatment must begin immediately. But first the type of Plasmodium causing the infection, whether the patient has severe or non-severe infection, and if the parasite is...
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Khan Academy: Preventing Malaria
An overview of how to prevent getting malaria including insecticides, repellents, eliminating mosquito breeding areas, malaria prophylactic drugs.
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Khan Academy: Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction
This article explains the concepts of drug use and dependence.
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Khan Academy: Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction
Substance use disorders are a class of psychological disorder in which a person continues to use a substance, despite having significant health, social, and other negative consequences as a result of their substance use.
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Khan Academy: Psychoactive Drugs: Depressants and Opiates
An explanation of the effects the psychoactive drugs, depressants and opiates, have on the body.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Model How Herd Immunity Works
In this activity, you will find out how immunizations can limit the spread of an infectious disease up to a point where the whole population is protected through herd immunity.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Immune System Quiz
Do you know what immunity is all about? Take this 10 question online quiz and find out how much you know.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Immunity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Most B and T cells die after an infection has been brought under control. But some of them survive for many years. These long-lasting B and T cells are called memory...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Infectious Disease
Kids learn about infectious diseases including pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi as well as transmission and other types of diseases.