Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Shingles
This website provides a thorough overview of shingles. Learn to detect the signs associated with shingles and and read about how this disease is diagnosed, treated, and prevented.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Jonas Salk
A biography of Jonas Salk, the man who saved thousands of lives by discovering a vaccine for polio. (In Spanish)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Influenza: The Disease
Find a list of "flu-like symptoms," learn who is at risk for developing the flu, and read about how the flu is spread. This website also provides a chart showing "peak months for flu activity" and advice for treating the flu and flu...
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Common Cold
Reference article containing information about rhinovirus. Includes causes, transmission, symptoms, treatments, prevention, and research about the common cold.
eSchool Today
E School Today: What Every Young Person Should Know Hiv Aids
Explains what HIV AIDS is, how it is contracted, how it is diagnosed, the signs and symptoms, treatment and prevention, and the stigma people face when their condition is revealed.
WebMD
Medicine Net: Infectious Mononucleosis
This site from MedicineNet.com gives an in-depth description of mononucleosis, its causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, as well as complications that can come up. Links are provided for easy access to the topics as well to...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Hiv
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how HIV causes AIDS.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Chicken Pox
This site from KidsHealth provides good suggestions on how to keep from itching too much while sick with the chicken pox.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Wendell Stanley Biographical
This is a brief Nobel E-Museum biography on Wendell Meredith Stanley, the scientist and co-recipient of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.Read about his education, as well as his contributions to various scientific studies through which...
Other
Internet Scam Busters
This website provides up-to-date info on the current scams on the Internet. It also gives tips for avoiding scams and what to do if you have been scammed.
Cells Alive
Cells Alive!
Animation studio that specializes in medical illustration lets you explore the structure and function of plant cells and animal cells, using videos and interactive graphics with clickable parts that lead to more detail.
Center for Educational Technologies
Nasa Classroom of the Future: Rift Valley Fever
The Classroom of the Future provides a nice activity integrating many subject areas. Students work in groups to research outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever in Kenya, and determine actions to control and prevent its spread. Background...
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Infectious Diseases
A self-paced lesson on infectious diseases including bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic infections. Each disease featured discusses symptoms and treatment.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Jonas Salk
Read about Jonas Salk and the development of the polio vaccine. This article from the MIT Invention Dimension includes several links to further information on the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the Salk Institute for...
Biology Corner
The Biology Corner: How Hiv Infects Cells Coloring
Here's a chance to learn while coloring! Read about HIV infection of cells and then color the corresponding diagram to help you remember.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Microbiologia 2 Bachillerato
This unit will allow you to have a broader idea about microorganism, people and the ecosystem. It contains 16 interactive activities.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Microsoft Word
Add to your knowledge of Microsoft Word with the Encyclopedia Wikipedia. There are many links, especially about the history of various versions of Word and the technical operations aspects.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Microsoft Outlook
Add your knowledge about Microsoft Outlook to the Encyclopedia Wikipedia. There are many links, especially about the history of various versions of Outlook and the technical operations aspects.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Wikipedia provides a detailed, up-to-date overview of avian influenza that focuses on the infection, how it is spread to humans as well as its impact on humans, prevention and treatment, and more.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Control of Gene Expression
Online biology textbook illustrates the control of gene expression. Includes information on the role DNA plays in this study of science.
PBS
Pbs Nova Teachers: The Most Dangerous Woman in America: Classroom Activity
Test the efficacy of different types of hand hygiene to stem the transmission of diseases by conducting an experiment using variables and a control group.
PBS
Pbs: Jonas Salk (1914 1995)
A Science Odyssey biography of Jonas Salk from PBS, noted medical scientist who discovered the vaccine for polio. Easy to read format with link to "Paralyzing Polio," a colorfully animated and interactive comic strip. Links also...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium:molecular Workbench:enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elisa)
Learn about the ELISA test in this learning module. Explore how the Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) test can be used to see if certain antigens are present.
Other
National Shingles Foundation: Shingles & Phn: Your Questions Answered
This website provides general information about shingles, how it is caused, and how it is treated.
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