This resource offers excellent information regarding the life-threatening illness, Typhoid Fever.

In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn how scientists measure the occurrence of disease and track the distribution of disease while trying to analyze patterns of illness.

Remember going to the doctor and getting vaccine shots? It's no fun getting poked with a needle, but fortunately, a vaccine gives you protection against a serious illness for years to come. This project will show you why.

This section from Discovering Lewis & Clark examines Lewis's treatment of Sacagawea illness with mineral water from the Sulpher spring.

Government guidelines on food safety and information on foodborne pathogens and preventing illness via proper food preparation and storage.

The expression of our relationship with illness is illustrated in the 'ex-voto', a devotional painting giving thanks to a saint or deity for a miraculous healing or a blessing. View a series of these fine pieces from around the world on...

Read about skin picking, a poorly understood disorder which could be a stand-alone problem, or an underlying symptom of another serious illness.

Site provides a general description of Salmonellosis, the foodborne illness caused by salmonella. Focuses on kids and kids' health and gives excellent information about the virus.

This site from FamilyDoctor.org provides great information on conjunctivitis, or pinkeye. General information on the illness is given, along with facts about signs and symptoms of pinkeye. Links are provided throughout the article for...

Here, read statistics from the US Department of Health and Human Services concerning exercise and its key role in preventing chronic illness and premature death. Use these findings from medical studies in which diseases were studied in...

Role-playing activity puts you, as director of public health, in the middle of a disease outbreak. Applying the scientific method, can you pinpoint the source of the illness and determine how it is spreading?

In addition to a tour of the preserved Hermitage and discussion of its history, this site provides good biographies of both Jackson and his wife, and includes a letter he wrote about her final illness.

Learn about Newton's Laws of Physics, g-force, the causes of motion sickness, and more by reading about different rides at an amusement park.

Global exportation and importation increased when water routes opened up. This unit analyzes how this affected world trade as well as the spread of population, religion, and illness.

Site from Yale provides detailed information about the radiation sickness that swept through the bombed areas of Japan after WWII. Detailed and thorough analysis.

In this interactive lesson, students will discover how new apps are improving the lives of people with a disability or illness and helping to raise empathy. Students will create an app.

Whether the disappointment comes from unmet expectations at a birthday party or from another disappointment such as not getting a favorite snack at the grocery store or missing out on playtime with a friend due to illness, it is...

A series of slide show presentations about the treatment of infectious disease. Each focuses on one aspect of fighting bacteria. Also included are interactive animations illustrating body functions and how medicines work.

This engaging site will allow students to develop informed thoughts and ideas on contemporary environmental health issues through videos, interactive programs, and documents.

A physician answers frequently asked questions, a World Health Organization Fact Sheet is available and other resources are presented on this handy page.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explore diseases that may attack the skeletal system. What else might impact the condition of the skeletal system?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on over 40 diseases that travelers might need to be prepared for. Information includes description of disease, risk for travelers, preventive measures and treatment.

Site provides an excellent description of botulism and how it affects infants, including information about symptoms, prevention and treatment.

Clear, readable information about the causes and symptoms of hypothyroidism is offered by two physicians.