Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Healthy Pets Healthy People
Learn what you need to do to keep your pets healthy, to keep yourself safe from rabies, and to treat animal bites and scratches.
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Centers for Disease Control: West Nile Virus
Provides basic information on West Nile virus including how to avoid it and a map that shows which parts of the United States have the most cases.
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Centers for Disease Control: Kids' Quest: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
What is fetal alcohol syndrome and why is it important for me to know about it? By completing this Web quest you will find out the answer to this question and hopefully be more knowledgable about fetal alcohol syndrome.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam!: Bully Roundup
This interactive, board game style activity tests kids' knowledge of bullying and how to avoid becoming a bully and being bullied. It also offers many tips to make students more bully aware.
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Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Vaccines [Pdf]
Fact sheet describing the importance of getting vaccinations to prevent disease.
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Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Measles [Pdf]
Fact sheet on the measles infection describes its symptoms, as well as how it is contracted and how it is prevented.
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Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Rubella [Pdf]
Fact sheet on the rubella virus describes its symptoms as well as how it is contracted and how it is prevented.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Diphtheria [Pdf]
Fact sheet on diphtheria describes its symptoms, causes, and ideas for prevention.
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Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Polio [Pdf]
Fact sheet on polio describes its symptoms as well as how it is contracted and how it is prevented.
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Centers for Disease Control: Health Information for Specific Groups
Information that explains the effects of radiation exposure on pregnant women and their unborn babies.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Disease Detective
As the local epidemiologist, it is your job to investigate a mysterious disease outbreak. Several people in a camping area have become sick with an unknown serious illness. Trace the outbreak to its source using the basic methods of...
American Academy of Family Physicians
Aafp: Practical Tips for Preventing a Sickle Cell Crisis
This article from the American Family Physician journal provides basic information about what sickle cell anemia is and some measures that can be used to control the pain.
Other
Nothing but Nets: Campaign to Save Lives by Preventing Malaria
Learn about malaria from a charitable organization that fights the spread of the disease through donations of anti-malaria bed netting.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: An Ounce of Prevention Keeps the Germs Away (Pdf) [Pdf]
This resource provides detailed information about preventing illness, and forming healthy habits.
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Centers for Disease Control: Extreme Heat Prevention Guide
This site provides an excellent guide for preventing both heat stroke and heat exhaustion.
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Centers for Disease Control: Mold
Resource provides facts about mold, health concerns with mold in homes damaged by hurricanes, and mold prevention strategies.
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Centers for Disease Control: Atsdr: Superfund Hazardous Waste Sites
Extremely detailed look at the dangers associated with the hazardous and solid waste sites in the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Body: Diabetes
Resource provides extensive information about diabetes for kids.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: The Buzz Z Z on West Nile Virus
Find out what you can do to reduce your risk of contracting West Nile virus. Listen to the podcast of read the transcript.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Safety: Sun Proof
Tips for protecting yourself from the sun.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
At this site there are some quick facts, presented in a simple chart, about the dangers of smokeless tobacco.