PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pbs News Hour: Coronavirus Update: Where Things Stand Three Months Into Quarantine
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...
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Aids Running Amok
The Why? Files have provided information discussing the rampant AIDS epidemic. The article explores hopes for a vaccine and improvement in treatment.
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Cholera
A fact sheet on cholera provided by the World Health Organization discusses what it is, past epidemics, how it is transmitted, treatment, and control and preventive measures.
CBS
Cbs News: Michelle Obama Hula Hoops to Promote Kids' Health
Michelle Obama invited students to the White House to celebrate the Healthy Kids Fair, promoting healthy eating and exercise. The First Lady shared her own eating habits, and discussed her concern about the effects of the obesity...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Infectious Disease
Investigate the spread of infectious diseases from whites to Native Americans during the westward expansion of the 1800s, and compare cholera to Ebola and other infectious diseases.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Medicine and Health Care
Simulate the spread of germs and explore current issues in the field of medicine such as the placebo effect, contraception and myths and facts about AIDS. Describe how pandemics have changed history, and discover how x-rays and...
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Pandemic Flu..what to Do, What to Do!
What is "pandemic flu", what can you do to help, and how can you stay healthy? For parents, there is a checklist to follow for planning ahead for emergency situations.
Healthline Media
Medical News Today: What Is Swine Flu?
Answers questions about swine flu: what it is, who gets it, what the risks are, what are the signs and symptoms, what medications are there to fight it, and how can one protect himself from getting swine flu?
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Program Your Own Covid 19 Simulator With Scratch
This activity uses the kid-friendly programming language Scratch to write a simulation that uses bouncing dots to represent healthy and sick people. The simulation will show how we can take measures to slow the spread of a transmissible...
Healthline Media
Medical News Today: What Is Avian Flu? What Is Bird Flu?
A short article about avian, or bird flu. Gives symptoms, treatments, and dangers.
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Meningitis
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.
Curated OER
Aids in Africa
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.
Curated OER
New York Times Learning Network: Investigating Sars
A lesson plan from the New York Times Learning Network for students to investigate the SARS epidemic in China. They will present a mock emergency health summit to discuss concerns of affected countries. Includes links for students and...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Edwin Waring
George Edwin Waring was born in Poundridge, NY, July 4, 1833. He was agricultural engineer of Central Park, New York City in 1857. He was the drainage engineer of the park until the Civil War broke out, when he entered the Union army as...
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Stanford U: Influenza Pandemic of 1918
We've all heard of the Black Death or the Bubonic Plague, but little is known about a far more devastating epidemic - the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. This is a comprehensive report on the nature of the influenza that also includes...
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Stanford U: Influenza Pandemic of 1918
We've all heard of the Black Death or the Bubonic Plague, but little is known about a far more devastating epidemic - the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. This is a comprehensive report on the nature of the influenza that also includes...
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We've all heard of the Black Death or the Bubonic Plague, but little is known about a far more devastating epidemic - the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. This is a comprehensive report on the nature of the influenza that also includes...
Curated OER
Stanford U: Influenza Pandemic of 1918
We've all heard of the Black Death or the Bubonic Plague, but little is known about a far more devastating epidemic - the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. This is a comprehensive report on the nature of the influenza that also includes...
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Anatomy of a Virus
Excellent explanation of the structure of a virus. Includes graphics and a good explanation of viruses.
Harvard University
Harvard University Library: Open Collections: Contagion: Florence Nightingale
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.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Retroviruses
A good description of a particular family of viruses. Of interest due to the fact that AIDS is probably caused by a retrovirus.
Harvard University
Harvard University Library Open Collections Program: Tuberculosis
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.
Harvard University
Harvard University Library Open Collections Program: Syphilis
Students investigate syphilis. Some topics explored are origins, diagnosis, and treatments of syphilis. Additional resources include web pages, references, and publications.
Harvard University
Harvard University Library Open Collections Program: The Great Plague of London
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...
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