Below are links to help you find infromation on different diseases.

Epidemic! Resources for Taking Action courtesy of American Museum of Natural History

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Good Sites to Find Information:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
General Reference
World Health Organization

  Pan American Health Organization

National Institutes of Health

Good Sites to Find Pictures:

CDC Public Health Image Library
Symptoms and Pathogens

Dennis Kunkel Microscopy

Dennis Kunkel Microscopy


Protozoa and Paracites


Univebrsity of Cape Town--Electron Micrograph Images

Viruses

The Big Picture Book of Viruses
  Photo Gallery of Pathenogenic Bacteria

Bacteria

University of Adelaide--Mycology Online Home Page

Fungi

Other Infromative Sites:

University of Arizona--Biology Project

Immune system

National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease
Cancer Research Institute
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--The National Immunization Program

Vaccines

The Plumber--Plagues and Epidemics

Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--Morbitity & Mortality Weekly Report
Frontline--Endemic Infectious Disease
The Karolinska Institute--History of Diseases
 
 
New York City Department of Health
More General Information
New York State Department of Health
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
PubMed--National Library of Medicine/Medline

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Organizations

American Public Health Association
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Infectious Diseases Society of America
American Medical Association
American Society of Microbiology
Food and Drug Administration Kids Page

Kids

United Nations CyberSchool Bus
Indiana University--Resources for School Health Educators K-12
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--Emerging Infectious Diseases

Journals

JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
Nature
Nature Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine
Science
Scientific American