
MedMyst Magazine — Malaria
— The printed companion to MedMyst Mission Four—for both students and teachers!
Climate Variability and Change in the United States: Potential Impacts on Vector-and Rodent-Borne Diseases
— Vector-borne diseases result from infections transmitted to humans and other animals by blood-feeding arthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas.
Medical Discovery News
— A weekly radio program that provides insights into a broad range of biomedical science topics including infectious diseases.
One Health Initiative
— This website is dedicated to integrating human medicine and veterinary medicine to improve the lives of all species, human and animal.
KidsHealth from Nemours
(The Nemours Foundation) — This site's goal is to help parents, kids, and teens take charge of their health.
Cracking the Cases of Mystery Diseases
— The David J. Sencer CDC Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, uses award-winning exhibits and innovative programing to educate visitors about the value of public health, and presents the rich heritage and vast accomplishments of CDC.
NIH
— An excellent source for additional resources and teaching materials.
Science NetLinks
(The American Association for the Advancement of Science) — Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students.
A School Nurse's Guide to Kids' Health and Safety
— Learn about school nurses, common school illnesses, and nursing careers at this website.
Immune Platoon
(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) — Your body's immune system is like having your very own superhero team. Here, this system is transformed into the Immune Platoon, a team of super-powered white blood cells dedicated to protecting your body from infections and other diseases that threaten your body's good health.
Detectives in the Classroom
(Montclair State University) — Collegues team up to develop epidemiology-related course for middle school students.
Games, Materials, and Neat Stories
(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) — Find lecture ideas, prepare for the Science Olympiad, or read true stories of disease detectives.
Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases
(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) — Here's a page that includes information on a variety of diseases.
World Health Organization
(WHO) — This site has information on many vector-borne diseases afflicting people in developing nations.
Mosquitoes
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) — Learn about mosquitoes, where they live, and the germs they spread.
Mosquito Life Cycle
(World Health Organization) — Here you'll find line drawings comparing life stages of Anopheles, Aedes, and Culex mosquitoes.
Dengue Fever
(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) — This disease used to be called "break-bone" fever because it sometimes causes severe joint and muscle pain that feels like bones are breaking.
Yellow Fever
(World Health Organization) — This viral disease was historically found in the U.S., currently, it's only found in South America and Africa.
West Nile Virus
(World Health Organization) — West Nile Virus (WNV) is a member of the flavivirus genus and belongs to the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of the family Flaviviridae.
Malaria in Nigeria
(National Public Radio) — A National Public Radio story on current efforts to treat malaria in Nigeria.
Global Malaria Programme
(World Health Organization) — The WHO Global Malaria Programme (GMP) is responsible for coordinating WHO's global efforts to control and eliminate malaria.
Alphonse Laveran
(nobelprize.org) — Here you'll find a biography of Alphonse Laveran and related materials from the Nobel Laureate site.
Ronald Ross
(nobelprize.org) — Here you'll find a biography of Ronald Ross and related materials from the Nobel Laureate site.
Ronald Ross
(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) — Another biography including historical photos of Ronald Ross and his notes.
Malaria in Brazil
(National Public Radio) — An NPR story on Fred Soper and his efforts to rid Brazil of an invasive Anopheles mosquito in the 1930s.
Patrick Manson
— This site hosts a short biography of the founder of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and prominent malaria scientist.