An explanation of what the names H1N1 and H3N2 mean and why they are helpful in keeping track of different flu viruses.

An explanation of the three types of influenza viruses (Type A, Type B, and Type C) and what makes them different from one another.

Learn how influenza viruses get into and out of cells using Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase proteins on their surfaces.

Find out how the flu spreads from person to person, and who is at the greatest risk of getting complications of the flu.

Learn the difference between the cold and the flu, and how viruses can complicate diagnosis.

A discussion of the available pertussis vaccines and how each varies in their components that comprise the vaccine even though all of the vaccines have the same goal of generating antibodies against pertussis.

Although pertussis can best be diagnosed within the first two weeks of symptoms by a swap sent to a laboratory, other swab tests can be administered later in the illness. Treatment within the first two weeks of initial symptoms is with...

Understand the differences between TIV (dead virus) and LAIV (alive, but weakened virus) and the population that should get which one.

Discover how Type B Influenza virus has genetic drift, whereas Type A Influenza virus has genetic drift and shift.

An explanation of how useful the flu vaccine actually is at preventing the flu.

An explanation of how genetic material in Type A flu virus can get shuffled around to create brand new types of viruses.

An explanation of the antiviral drugs, Oseltamivir and Zanamivir, which can be use to treat and help prevent the flu.

Many people choose to avoid the flu vaccine each year. Review five popular excuses, and how they relate to common misunderstandings about the flu.

An explanation of how the World Health Organization (WHO) works with five regional laboratories around the world to collect specimens from countries to determine what type of flu is affecting a particular population. Coordination with...

A discussion of some of the common and uncommon risks and benefits associate with the flu vaccine. Also spotlighted is herd immunity.

An explanation of how the Wakefield study was fabricated and why the study has no link to autism.

The infamous Wakefield study kickstarted the Autism Myth, but many studies have since shown that there is no link between MMR Vaccine and autism. This lesson explains how the autism myth began and the studies that support there is no...

A discussion of the likes and differences of the two polio vaccines, Salk and Sabin.

Examined are polio diagnostic tests and the fact there is no treatment for polio only symptomatic support. However, polio can be prevented through the polio vaccine.

How does the polio virus cause polio myelitis? An explanation of the polio virus entering the mouth and replicating in the throat and intestines where it then connects to muscles from the neurons of the central nervous system.

Discover how many people are hospitalized and die from the flu each year, and how the internet can help keep tabs on the flu.

An overview of malaria and the types of Plasmodium that is carried by the Anopheles mosquito infecting red blood cells and liver cells in the human body. Symptoms of malaria are also discussed.

The three-step process of diagnosing malaria is explained.

After malaria has been confirmed by lab or biochemical diagnosis, treatment must begin immediately. But first the type of Plasmodium causing the infection, whether the patient has severe or non-severe infection, and if the parasite is...