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

The opioid epidemic continues to devastate communities across the United States. This collection of videos, including three from the NOVA documentary, Addiction, can be used to engage students with media, encourage science practices, and...

Activity-based resource on the AIDS epidemic and Africa. Students answer a set of questions for discussion and participate in an activity in which they analyze the literature and make recommendations as if from the U.S. State Department....

Wikipedia offers detailed information on the Bubonic Plague, an infectious disease that is believed to have caused several epidemics throughout history.

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.

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson helps students understand how diseases, epidemics, etc. are tracked by health organizations. Using the SIR (susceptible, infected, recovered) model, students track the number of...

This page is a brief tutorial on viral evolution which focuses on the evolutionary pressures that balance transmission and virulence. There are additional sections with further recommended reading, resources for teachers, and a brief...

Students investigate syphilis. Some topics explored are origins, diagnosis, and treatments of syphilis. Additional resources include web pages, references, and publications.

Students investigate the Great Plague of London that occurred in 1665. Some topics explored are the Great Plague in fictional literature, Samuel Pepys, and William Boghurst. Additional resources include web pages, references, and...

Students investigate tuberculosis in Europe and North America. Some topics explored are causes, diagnosis, and the sanatoria movement. Additional resources include web pages, manuscripts, references, and publications.

Explore the actions and relationships between different levels of government as they figure out what to do in response to COVID-19. This instructional activity has been adapted for digital and remote learning use and a traditional lesson...

The way we live has changed immeasurably since COVID-19 began spreading rapidly throughout the United States. The importance of technology in our lives has never been more apparent. The virus will have a tremendous long-term impact on...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, states are balancing public health through stay-at-home orders and crowd limits with concern for jobs and the economy. Alabama was among the last states to issue a stay-at-home order on April 3rd...

This timeline from Global Polio Eradication Initiative of pictures, descriptions, and events -- all of which describe the history of polio and its vaccine -- is organized into three large sections: "Endemic Polio 1580BC-1953," "Vaccine...

Doctors Without Borders show how outbreaks of infections can devastate already war-torn communities.

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.

BBC provides a comprehensive look at the AIDS epidemic affecting Africa. Content includes an overview of the disease, a case study of South Africa, and more.

This unit explores how different communities are differentially impacted by the virus through the lens of historical inequities in society. I

Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. But what is the distinction between being overweight and being obese?...

BBC provides a comprehensive look at the AIDS epidemic affecting Africa. Content includes an overview of the disease, a case study of South Africa, and more.

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.

Brief biographical facts on the medical career of Benjamin Waterhouse, the first doctor to test the smallpox vaccine in the United States.

BBC provides a comprehensive look at the AIDS epidemic affecting Africa. Content includes an overview of the disease, a case study of South Africa, and more.