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...

The World Health Organization offers a detailed overview of rabies. Content focuses on incidence data, transmission of the disease, post-exposure treatment, vaccines and immunization, rabies in children, and more.

A three-part animation that explains the three types of vaccines - live attenuated vaccine, inactivated vaccine, and subunit vaccine.

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. For this lesson, students will explore the...

Complete medical education project explores the role and uses of vaccines now and in the past. Find information and analysis about vaccination controversies; answers to frequent questions about vaccinations; timelines of diseases,...

Here's some virtual hands on experience for students. There are many types of vaccines and students may have a hard time understanding the processes. This interactive site requires the student to go through each procedure to make a type...

An animation showing the steps in creating a vaccine and preparing it for distribution.

Charts and graphs showing the history of recommended vaccinations in the United States from 1945 to the present.

At this site read about Jonas Salk's efforts to prevent the polio virus, which resulted in the creation of the first polio vaccine and in Albert Sabin's research into making a more effective means of preventing the disease.

In this lesson young scholars explore the benefits and risks of mandatory vaccinations, taking into consideration medical, social, political, and moral bases for decision-making. Students also look at the balance between individual...

This site is provided for by Access Excellence. Beginning with a good description of the symptoms and spreading of polio, as well as information on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's battle with polio, this article addresses the development of...

This article describes the history of vaccines, how they work, and how they are made. Includes a list of references, a glossary, and links to activities.

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

Use this site to learn what polio is and why (and when) you should be vaccinated at this site from the Centers for Disease Control. Also read about the risks and reactions associated with the IPV (Inactivated Polio Vaccine).

Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats- from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics. [21:06]

A general description of what vaccines are and how they work. Easy to understand.

The purpose of this lesson is to relate the action of vaccines to the human immune system. In this lesson, students will explore infectious disease and immunity and learn how vaccines help the body defend itself against infectious diseases.

Educational material that provides comprehensive information about tetanus and the vaccine that prevents it. Information is provided through use of a Q & A section, photos, true case histories, and references to other resources.

A three-part animation explaining the risks associated with vaccination. It looks at risk comparison, vaccine vs. infection, and vaccine vs. placebo.

Lesson plan has students brainstorming about various topics related to disease prevention and the use of vaccines.

Comprehensive information about hepatitis A and the vaccine that prevents it. Contains a Q & A section, photos, true case histories, and references to other resources.

Comprehensive information about rubella and the vaccine that prevents it. Contains a Q & A section, photos, true case histories, and references to other resources.

Comprehensive information about mumps and the vaccine that prevents it. Contains a Q & A section, photos, true case histories, and references to other resources.

Comprehensive information about pertussis and the vaccine that prevents it. Contains a Q & A section, photos and videos, true case histories, and references to other resources.