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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Pertussis [Pdf]
Fact sheet on pertussis, or whooping cough, describes its symptoms as well as how it is contracted and how it is prevented.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Mumps [Pdf]
Fact sheet on the mumps infection describes its symptoms as well as how it is contracted and how it is prevented.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Hepatitis a [Pdf]
Fact sheet on the hepatitis A infection describes its symptoms, causes, and ideas for prevention.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Diphtheria [Pdf]
Fact sheet on diphtheria describes its symptoms, causes, and ideas for prevention.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Polio Disease Outbreak in Syria
Article reports on the confirmation from the World Health Organization of a polio outbreak in Syria.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Multiple Sclerosis
Site offers helpful advice for relieving symptoms for patients living with Multiple Sclerosis. Discusses: causes, risk factors, independence, treatment, and more.
Other
Dr. Reddy's Pediatric Office: Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
Dr. Reddy talks about conjunctivitis (pink eye), describing what it is and how one gets it.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Handwashing
Discusses how handwashing can prevent spread of infection if practiced regularly and properly.
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Meningitis
Read an overview of the communicable illness meningitis. Includes a fact sheet on types of meningitis, methods of transmission and ways in which the disease is treated.
Harvard University
Harvard University Library: Open Collections: Contagion: Florence Nightingale
Biographical information about Florence Nightingale along with access to Nightingale's letters and books (scanned originals plus transcripts) from Harvard's collections. Part of a larger site about historical perspectives on disease.
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Emergencies Preparedness, Response
This reference source provides directions for emergency preparedness and how to respond to emergencies.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: Milestones in Microbiology
Students read about six important discoveries in microbiology and put them on a timeline. They develop an understanding of how these discoveries connect to the invention of new scientific tools and technology. The lesson and PowerPoint...
Other
Hartford University: History of Epidemics and Plagues
This resource provides information on epidemics, how they occur, and how they spread.
ProCon.org
Pro Con: Vaccines: Should Any Vaccines Be Required for Children?
Website dedicated to exploring controversial social issues presents research, video and commentary on the arguments for and against vaccinating children in the U.S.
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Immunology: Hiv Simulation: Simulating the Spread of Hiv
This web-based simulation demonstrates potential spread of HIV through a population. Each participant exchanges virtual body fluids with other participants, some of whom are HIV positive. A computer-simulated ELISA will illustrate the...
New York Times
New York Times: Short Answers to Hard Questions About Zika Virus
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article will answer the basic questions about the outbreak of the Zika virus which is a mosquito-transmitted infection that causes issues in pregnant women. Learn how the virus is spread, how it...
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Apbi: Beating Bacteria
A complete learning module on beating bacteria. Students read about how scientists fight bacteria, play a slide presentation about medicine research and development, watch an animation on antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and then answer...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Making Vaccines
Examine how vaccines generate immune responses against pathogens in the body by creating six vaccines in this virtual laboratory.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Virus Information and Prevention
What are viruses and how do they spread? Find resources for students of all ages that explore the nature of viruses, how they are transmitted, and the healthy habits we can all engage in to prevent their spread. From the common cold to...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Indian Relations, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
One modern historical assessment and several original accounts of the mistrust, negotiations, alliances, trading, and disease transmission between European colonizers and native peoples in North America.
Stanford University
Enterobius Vermicularis
Get the facts on the pinworm parasite. Everything from the history of discovery to public health strategies is available. A life cycle diagram provides a good overview of the problem of disease transmission.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Climate Change and Public Health
Article discussing the very real impact of climate change on human health, and the importance of adaptation planning to address public health problems. These problems can include heat-related distress, chronic conditions affected by...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Addressing Health Mysteries
Describe the networks within the health care systems internationally, explore the impact of the SARS epidemic on world health and examine the effectiveness of the World Health Organization in communicable disease surveillance and response.
The College of Physicians
The History of Vaccines: Koch's Postulates
Learn how scientists use Robert Koch's four postulates to dentify the cause of an infectious disease.