All 50 US states require vaccinations for children entering public schools. Pupils set out to determine whether these requirements are fair with a thought-provoking resource. They read an interesting history of vaccines, watch pro and...

Can you catch the same cold twice? Elementary and middle schoolers learn about what happens when a virus attacks their bodies, and how the immune system never forgets a virus, with an entertaining comic book. The packet includes...

Animal testing: cruel and inhumane, or innovative and life-saving? Scholars explore the topic and form their own opinions with help from the highly informative website. Pupils read a comprehensive overview of the topic, including...

Begin educating young people on how to be smart and safe with medicine. Use a set of workbook pages to explore what symptoms are, uses for medications, how to read prescription and over-the-counter medicine labels, and who to trust when...

Site is about the vaccine for influenza, how it works, why it must be taken every year, when to get it, and who should get the vaccine. Also contains links to more information about influenza.

The resource investigates the flu vaccine shortage during the 2004-2005 flu season. Articles on the demand and concerns of health officials regarding the shortage are included.

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).

Illustrated overview of the history of vaccines and inoculations against diseases, such as smallpox and polio.

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...

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.

The two types of vaccines are discussed along with who should/should not get vaccinated, when is the best time to get vaccinated, side effects, and more.

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

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.

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

Scroll down to read about Dr. Albert Sabin's research on polio and the discovery of the oral polio vaccine.

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

CDC provides HPV vaccine questions and answers for young females and for their parents.

Questions & Answers with an AIDS researcher and his information about the search for a vaccine for the disease.

This interesting site explains why trying to develop a malaria vaccine is more complicated than trying to develop a vaccine for measles.

Spanish resource provides information about the smallpox vaccination.

A site with a brief biography of Edward Jenner, with a lot of links to old books and papers of his that document his experiments in vaccinations.

Read about the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, the reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States, and the vaccination created to prevent Lyme disease. Included are pictures of erythema migrans, a condition in early Lyme...

Find simple answers to several common questions about the flu including: "How does the flu spread?" "What are the symptoms of the flu?" "How long is a person contagious?" "What is the difference between a cold and the flu?" "At what age...