Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Let's Stop Playing Politics With Vaccines
Let's stop playing politics with vaccines.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Vaccines [Pdf]
Fact sheet describing the importance of getting vaccinations to prevent disease.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Albert Sabin
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 2006 to commemorate Albert Sabin, a famous virologist who developed the polio vaccination. With a short biographical passage.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vaccines: Lesson 4
This lesson will explain how vaccines can be used to assist the body in producing antibodies towards certain diseases. It is 4 of 10 in the series titled "Vaccines."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vaccines: Lesson 3
This lesson will explain how vaccines can be used to assist the body in producing antibodies towards certain diseases. It is 3 of 10 in the series titled "Vaccines."
Curated OER
Kids Health: A Kid's Guide to Shots
Use this site to find out why you need to get shots in order to stay healthy. This article tells what is in shots and how they make you immune to many harmful diseases.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Immunity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Most B and T cells die after an infection has been brought under control. But some of them survive for many years. These long-lasting B and T cells are called memory...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Control of Viruses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how viruses can be controlled by vaccines and antiviral drugs.
Other
What Is Immunization?
A general description of what vaccines are and how they work. Easy to understand.
Robin Chew
Lucid Cafe: Jonas Salk m.d.
This site provides a brief biography of Dr. Jonas Salk (1914-1995 CE), research scientist who is noted for his research and discovery of the polio vaccine. Links available to video and other biographical information on Salk, books...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Encyclopedia: American Inventors Jonas Salk
Focusing on a captivating photograph of Dr. Jonas Salk, this site gives a brief overview of his work as a noted research scientist and discoverer of the polio vaccine. There are also links to other American inventors' biographies.