Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Flu Vaccine Efficacy
An explanation of how useful the flu vaccine actually is at preventing the flu.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Flu Vaccine Risks and Benefits
A discussion of some of the common and uncommon risks and benefits associate with the flu vaccine. Also spotlighted is herd immunity.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: 5 Common Flu Vaccine Excuses
Many people choose to avoid the flu vaccine each year. Review five popular excuses, and how they relate to common misunderstandings about the flu.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Making Flu Vaccine Each Year
An explanation of how the World Health Organization (WHO) works with five regional laboratories around the world to collect specimens from countries to determine what type of flu is affecting a particular population. Coordination with...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Vaccine Information on Influenza
Site is about the vaccine for influenza, how it works, why it must be taken every year, when to get it, and who should get the vaccine. Also contains links to more information about influenza.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Who Needs a Flu Shot
This resource provides information about influenza, the flu shot, and who should get one.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Two Flu Vaccines (Tiv and Laiv)
Understand the differences between TIV (dead virus) and LAIV (alive, but weakened virus) and the population that should get which one.
The College of Physicians
The History of Vaccines
Complete medical education project explores the role and uses of vaccines now and in the past. Find information and analysis about vaccination controversies; answers to frequent questions about vaccinations; timelines of diseases,...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Hiv and Flu the Vaccine Strategy
Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats- from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics. [21:06]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do You Need to Get a Flu Shot Every Year?
Why do we need a new flu shot every year? Vaccines for diseases like mumps and rubella offer a lifetime of protection with two shots early in life; what's so special about the flu?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Swine Flu and Laser Treatment
Read this passage and study the graphics to answer the five-question quiz concerning structure, growth, physiology, and genetics of prokaryotes and viruses.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Virus: Disease
This tutorial investigates viruses. Learn about the flu, HIV, and how they can be treated with vaccines.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Anitviral Drugs for Influenza
Site about ways to cure influenza, aside from vaccines like antiviral drugs.
Read Works
Read Works: Avian Influenza
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about efforts to create a vaccine for avian influenza. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Menacing Meningitis
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about meningitis, how it is treated, and how to prevent it. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.