From assisted reproductive technology to women's safety and health issues at work, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention covers many women's health issues.

A 10 week interdisciplinary unit plan on disease and epidemics.

From the New York State Department of Health, a communicable disease fact sheet on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

This site discusses the mystery and complexity of Parkinson's Disease. It mentions the history of the disease, signs and symptoms and incidence.

This resource discusses and defines the cause, symptoms and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IRB) or Crohn's Disease. The resource presents an image of the digestive system and additional sources.

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.

Bringing people together to discuss Earth's environmental problems, The Earth Institute addresses climate change, environmental degradation, poverty, disease, and sustainable use of resources.

Article discussing the very real impact of climate change on human health, and the importance of adaptation planning to address public health problems. These problems can include heat-related distress, chronic conditions affected by...

For health information at your fingertips, this A to Z list of diseases and conditions links to information on specific illnesses.

Good basic explanation of what this disease is, how it affects people who have it, and what treatments doctors and nurses use to help.

A brief review of this disease and it's symptoms.

This reference source provides directions for emergency preparedness and how to respond to emergencies.

The purpose of this lesson is to familiarize students with the history of vaccination and the use of the scientific method in the development of vaccines and the study of infectious disease. In this lesson, students will explore the...

Interactive mystery about a disease outbreak. Students investigate an outbreak of a disease on board a ship by interviewing people, consulting medical reference, and observer other clues to determining what disease is causing the outbreak.

Examine the complex relationships among science, public policy and public health, research a disease that poses a public health threat and develop a strategy for limiting the spread of the disease.

Discover how mosquitoes affect human health and why they are such good carriers of disease.

Explore the astonishing world of health. Search 36,390 health topics and articles.

Read brief responses to questions about cholera. Learn how the disease is spread, how it is prevented, and how it is treated.

Read brief responses to several questions about tetanus, which address how the disease is transmitted, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated and prevented.

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.

An overview of how arthropods play a very important role in influencing human health; they may act as vectors of infectious disease.

Students learn about complex networks and how to use graphs to represent them. They also learn that graph theory is a useful part of mathematics for studying complex networks in diverse applications of science and engineering, including...

Article reports on the confirmation from the World Health Organization of a polio outbreak in Syria.

The Classroom of the Future provides a nice activity integrating many subject areas. Students work in groups to research outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever in Kenya, and determine actions to control and prevent its spread. Background...