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Centers for Disease Control: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars)
Information that answers essential questions about SARS, including where SARS is found, how SARS exposures occur, how SARS affects the body, and signs and symptoms of SARS exposure.
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Centers for Disease Control: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (St Ds)
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) provides a collection of links to a variety of sexually transmitted diseases. Content focuses on bacterial infections (such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and chancroid), STD prevention, and...
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Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Body: Girls' Locker Room
A virtual tour of the dangers and risks of infection lurking in a gym locker room. Girls learn about good workout practices that will keep them healthy.
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Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Body: Boys' Locker Room
A virtual tour of the dangers and risks of infection lurking in a gym locker room. Boys learn about good workout practices that will keep them healthy.
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Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Cyanide
Information on where cyanide is found, symptoms of exposure, and how to prevent and treat cyanide poisoning.
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Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Ricin
Information that answers the questions what ricin is, where ricin is found and how it is used, how ricin exposures occur, how ricin affects the body, signs and symptoms of ricin exposure, and the like.
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Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Sarin
An overview of the nerve agent sarin, including signs and symptoms of sarin exposure, ways to protect yourself from exposures, and treatment.
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Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Sulfur Mustard
An overview of sulfur mustard, also known as mustard gas. Includes signs and symptoms of, and treatment for exposure to sulfur mustard.
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Centers for Disease Control: Acute Radiation Syndrome
Information about acute radiation sickness, also known as acute radiation syndrome.
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Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Vx
An overview of VX, a nerve agent and known weapon of chemical warfare. Includes information about the signs and symptoms of VX exposure and recommended treatments.
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Centers for Disease Control: About Radiation Emergencies
Frequently asked questions about radiation that answer how to protect yourself in a radiation emergency, what happens during an exposure, and how exposures usually occur.
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Centers for Disease Control: Radiation Emergencies What Should I Do?
When and how to shelter in place during a radiation emergency.
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Centers for Disease Control: Anthrax: Basic Information
An easy to follow FAQ sheet on anthrax as a disease and a weapon. Lots of good background and a good place to start a study of Anthrax.
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Centers for Disease Control: My Family Health Portrait
Students create a personalized family health history report. The resource consists of a sample report, a family tree, and a chart of your family health history.
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Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Avian Flu [Pdf]
Fact card on avian flu, also known as bird flu, answers key questions about the disease.
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Centers for Disease Control: Fight the Bite (West Nile)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide a collection of websites dedicated to the West Nile Virus and prevention of mosquito-born infections. Links to lots of different pages where you can learn how to prevent WNV and...
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Centers for Disease Control: Polio Vaccine
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).
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Centers for Disease Control: Diabetes: Research Projects
This site investigates current projects about diabetes that are being researched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Centers for Disease Control: Parasites and Health: Taeniasis
This CDC resource will give you a comprehensive understanding of the tapeworm parasite. You can learn how it infects people, where it's found, the symptoms it causes and the way it can be treated.
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Centers for Disease Control: Malaria
Extensive information about malaria.
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Centers for Disease Control: Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
The primary access point for CDC-produced information about avian flu: key facts, current outbreaks, questions and answers, virus spread, eradication efforts and plans, travel advisories, and similar resources.
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Centers for Disease Control: Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Thucydides Syndrome
A detailed description of the symptoms of the plague in Athens and an attempt to diagnose the illness. (Volume 2, Number 2/April 1996)
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Centers for Disease Control: Antimony: Atsdr Fact Sheet
This page describes the chemical element antimony (chemical symbol Sb) and gives detailed information about its effects on human health and the environment.
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Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Phosgene
Find out about the dangers of the chemical, phosgene, and how people can protect themselves from exposure.