WebMD
Medicine Net: Infectious Mononucleosis
This site from MedicineNet.com gives an in-depth description of mononucleosis, its causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, as well as complications that can come up. Links are provided for easy access to the topics as well to...
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ebola: At a Glance
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Antibiotic Resistance?
Antibiotic resistance describes a bacteria's ability to survive while being exposed to antibiotics. Topics explored are the following: How does antibiotic resistance develop exactly?; How do we measure antibiotic resistance?; How...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Antibiotics: An Overview
An overview of antibiotics, including What are antibiotics?; How were antibiotics discovered?; How do antibiotics work?; Azithromycin; Antibiotic development?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Modeling an Epidemic
In this simulation, statistics of population parameters and infection parameters determine the spread of the epidemic.
Other
The Health Success: Nutrition for Your Cells
Basically, the stronger your immune system the healthier you are and, as a consequence, the more protected you are from environmental factors that lead to infection and sickness. If you eat foods that are rich in the nutrients your body...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How War Weakens National Immune Systems
Doctors Without Borders show how outbreaks of infections can devastate already war-torn communities.
Curated OER
Kids Health: A Kid's Guide to Shots
Use this site to find out why you need to get shots in order to stay healthy. This article tells what is in shots and how they make you immune to many harmful diseases.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Vaccines and Immnunizations
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention site that covers just about anything you'd want to know about vaccines and immunizations, including vaccine recommendations, immunization schedules, vaccine safety, the importance of vaccines...
Rice University
Rice University: Med Myst: Medical Mysteries on the Web
Two problem-solving detective games, each with its own series of missions, involve players in microbiological investigations into the causes and spread of diseases. Concepts covered include disease pathology, Koch's principles, immune...
Other
Univ. Of Mississippi: The Language of Advertising Claims
Univ. of Mississippi essay outlining the various claims made by advertising and including lots of examples. The author also addresses the mistaken ideas that many students and teachers have about their own immunity to advertising.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Autoimmune Diseases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Joint pain. Not an uncommon problem as you grow older. Is it due to normal wear and tear on the joints? Possibly. But rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease,...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Week of 8 8 16: Donald Trump Might Be in Real Trouble This Time
Let's take a step back from the news of the past few days and ask a fundamental question: Why does everything suddenly seem different? Donald Trump, the unsinkable candidate who seemed immune to political consequences while winning...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering and the Human Body
The Engineering and the Human Body unit covers the broad spectrum of topics that make up our very amazing human body. Students are introduced to the space environment and learn the major differences between the environment on Earth and...
Government of Canada
Health Canada: The Scoop on Smoking
In addition to giving the facts about smoking, this youth-focused resource also deals with many young people's misconception that they are immune from the negative effects of smoking. For instance, smoking reduces the rate of lung growth...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1919
Read about Jules Bordet, the scientist awarded with the 1919 Nobel Prize in Medicine "for his discoveries relating to immunity." Site by the Nobel E-Museum.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Hiv)
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using images, examples, and videos, module describes how HIV causes AIDS and how it destoys the immune system.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Barriers to Pathogens
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains the body's first line of defense against pathogens, such as the skin and body fluids.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Barriers to Pathogens
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Your body has many ways to protect you from pathogens. Your body's defenses are like a castle. The outside of a castle was protected by a moat and high walls. Inside...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Neutrophil Proliferation and Disease
Practice questions over neutrophil proliferation and disease. Passage 2.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Article I, Section 6
This resource presents section 6 of article 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which details the rights and disabilities of members of Congress. The site discusses congressional pay, and privileges from arrest and of speech or debate in an...
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Introduction to Immunology
If you want to check your understanding of immunology, this is the place to go. This resource has 13 different questions to test your knowledge, as well as tutorials that go with each question.
Other
Hon: T Cell or T Lymphocyte
A very good site that covers the general function of all blood cells.