A November 2006 report from The BBC detailing a startling rise in the number of tuberculosis cases in the United Kingdom. Also provides links to related topics.

Thorough overview of infectious arthritis. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on over 40 diseases that travelers might need to be prepared for. Information includes description of disease, risk for travelers, preventive measures and treatment.

Online presentations on more than 150 health topics, diseases, and conditions, from acne to viruses. Each plays as a slide presentation, with sound, that you can control or set to autoplay. Time varies from 5-20 minutes. Available in...

Students investigate nine deadly disease by examining George Washington's medical records. Students will also use the Center for Disease Control website to identify where these nine deadly diseases are prevalent in the world today.

The United Nations has distributed this list to make school age children aware of the communicable diseases that have most recently had an effect on society. Good descriptions are provided for each of the 11 diseases.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Respiratory diseases are diseases of the lungs, bronchial tubes, trachea, nose, and throat. These diseases can range from a mild cold to a severe case of pneumonia....

This is an online study guide/notes for the book Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

Learn in-depth details about microbes that cause disease: what is it, how to avoid it, the symptoms, and how it causes infections.

Understand how some respiratory disorders affect the human body.

Types of aerobic bacteria and examples of each are described.

Biochemist Florence Barbara Seibert (1897-1991) developed the skin test for tuberculosis. After graduating from Goucher College, she worked as a chemist during World War I and then went to Yale University, where she earned a Ph.D. and...

Caroline Elizabeth Whitney (1899-1928) graduated from Washington University Medical School in 1924 and the following year became the first female intern at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. She taught at Washington University Medical School...

Lillian Josephine Hawes (b. 1905) graduated from Stanford University in 1928 and first served as a public health nurse in Los Angeles. This photograph was distributed when she won a National Tuberculosis Association scholarship award in...

A German physician. He became famour for the discovery of the anthrax bacillus, the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus. He was awardd the Nobel Prize in Physiology of Medicine for his tuberculosis findings in 1905.

This site from The Library of Congress discusses the poverty rate and welfare in Pakistan. Access to safe water, Western healthcare, and leading causes of death are also discussed. The information that is presented is brief but factual.

Wikipedia provides a biography of Dr. Robert Koch (1843-1910 CE).

This site provides a short biography of Robert Koch (1843-1910 CE) highlighting his birth, education, and accomplishments. Written in outline form, noting Koch as the 1905 Nobel Laureate in Medicine.