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The Battle with Infectious Diseases: Staying One Step Ahead of Microbes

Infectious microbes are constantly mutating and multiplying - will we ever be able to conquer them?

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The extensive archives of Health Politics with Dr. Mike Magee, a popular weekly Internet-based electronic media program that explores complex issues of health care policy and public health, have been made available to Access Excellence. The topics and materials selected by AE's editors address National Science Education Standards and/or National Health Education Standards, are included in middle and high school science and health curricula, and are of particular relevance to middle and high school teachers and learners.

The Battle with Infectious Diseases (3/16/2005)

Presentation transcript

Questions answered by this presentation:

  1. Why is the rate at which microbes multiply significant?
  2. Why is this a likely time for an emergence of infectious diseases?
  3. What is the role of infectious diseases in the creation of some chronic diseases?
  4. Is a massive flu pandemic possible?
  5. How could a flu pandemic be prevented?

Related Links

Exploring Antimicrobial Resistance (NIAID)
Many antibiotics don't pack the same punch as they once did.

A Problem That Won't Go Away (DHPE)
The Directors of Health Promotion and Education address infectious disease threats.

Infectious Diseases Resurgence (NLM)
Could environmental changes be to blame?

The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 (Stanford University)
Find out why this is sometimes called the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history.

Infectious Diseases (GHC)
An overview from the Global Health Council.

Looking Ahead (World Bank)
The World Bank predicts the state of infectious diseases in the developing world in 2020.

Which Diseases Are Drug Resistant? (CDC)
Centers for Disease Control Web page links to fact sheets about drug-resistant diseases.

Links updated: 23 January 2009
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