Summarizes the military efforts of the British and the Germans to defeat the enemy early in the war, which resulted in lengthy trench warfare along the Western Front. This led to the use of poisonous gases by each side, with deadly...

This resource provides detailed information about preventing illness, and forming healthy habits.

This model explores the spread of an airborne respiratory illness like COVID-19, through a community, based on various social interactions and remediation measures.

This model explores the spread of an airborne respiratory illness like COVID-19, through a community, based on various social interactions and remediation measures.

In Tibet, religious paintings come in several forms, including wall paintings, thangkas (sacred pictures that can be rolled up), and miniatures for ritual purposes or for placement in household shrines. Thangkas were commissioned for...

The Ebola disease is a life-threatening illness caused by the Ebola virus. There is currently no vaccine or specific medication for Ebola. Further discussion includes How does the virus replication work?; What are the symptoms of Ebola...

Although pertussis can best be diagnosed within the first two weeks of symptoms by a swap sent to a laboratory, other swab tests can be administered later in the illness. Treatment within the first two weeks of initial symptoms is with...

"Okiek" is the name of a Kenyan people who formerly lived by hunting game, making beehives, and gathering and trading honey; it is also the name of their language. The collective name "Okiek" includes over two dozen local groups, each...

Online adventure game consisting of three consecutive episodes where you become a member of a team of scientists who investigate pain relieving drugs to see if they are safe. These virtual experiments cover concepts such as history of...

This site provides in-depth information about congestive heart failure (CHF). The site asks and answers important questions to better educate the public.

Learn here the different wasy for cystic fibrosis to be managed. Choose a topic and read the article that follows.

Online presentations on more than 150 health topics, diseases, and conditions, from acne to viruses. Each plays as a slide presentation, with sound, that you can control or set to autoplay. Time varies from 5-20 minutes. Available in...

This comprehensive resource offers information about cardiovascular diseases for women and includes major risk factors.

A strange bird phenomenon first occurred in a small California town in 1961. Uncover how separation technologies were used to solve the amnesic shellfish poisoning mystery.

Answer your questions about asthma and learn how to manage your asthma through education, environmental controls, and medications.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how protists cause human disease.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] With so many species of bacteria, some are bound to be harmful. Harmful bacteria can make you sick. They can also ruin food and be used to hurt people. Learn more...

Like reading the tea leaves, you can look at your fingernails to determine some common, or even serious health problems.

The full-text of Somerset Maugham's short story Louise as well as commentary.

Information that answers essential questions about SARS, including where SARS is found, how SARS exposures occur, how SARS affects the body, and signs and symptoms of SARS exposure.

Rose Eveleth shares why scientists are not sure about the benefits of mosquitos. [2:40]

It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and you lose your appetite. It's official: you've got the flu. It's logical to assume that this miserable medley of symptoms is...

Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world- and to snuff it out everywhere, forever. [23:00]

Examine key concepts of suicide prevention, and identify characteristics of young scholars who are at higher risk to attempt suicide. Learn the warning signs of suicidal teens and what to do if a friend is suicidal.