University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Enough to Go Around
Why? Files article posted on November 21, 2002, introduces the brave new idea of edible vaccines.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Edward Jenner
Learn about the english physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the first vaccination.
PBS
Pbs: Jonas Salk (1914 1995)
A Science Odyssey biography of Jonas Salk from PBS, noted medical scientist who discovered the vaccine for polio. Easy to read format with link to "Paralyzing Polio," a colorfully animated and interactive comic strip. Links also...
Harvard University
Harvard University Library: Benjamin Waterhouse, 1754 1846
Brief biographical facts on the medical career of Benjamin Waterhouse, the first doctor to test the smallpox vaccine in the United States.
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Yellow Fever
Site about Yellow Fever, vaccine, countries at risk in Africa, control, and epidemiology of yellow fever in 1994 and 1995. This site also has a great table of the number of cases and deaths reported to the World Health Organization...
Other
The Edward Jenner Museum: Edward Jenner
A very complete biography of Edward Jenner, from his birth to his death. Includes pictures and discusses his discovery of vaccination.
Read Works
Read Works: Healing Power
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Lady Mary Wortley Montagu who helped create a vaccination for small pox. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Viral Hepatitis
Provides a brief definition, along with information about transmission and vaccinations, for each type of hepatitis.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Louis Pasteur
A fantastic biography of Louis Pasteur that discusses how he came up with his inventions and discoveries.
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.
Other
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
This website offers an introduction to the bacterial infection pertussis which is also known as whooping cough. A majority of this article focuses on the whooping cough vaccine given to young children.
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.
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.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Pertussis [Pdf]
This PDF document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contains detailed information about pertussis from several different angles. Information is provided on the clinical features, the complications, the incidence and the...
Other
Unicef Global Polio Eradication: End of Polio
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative site gives pictures, details, history, and an invitation to help in the process of completing the world-wide eradication of this crippling viral disease. Includes links to related resources.
Curated OER
Child With Smallpox
National Public Radio offers information on smallpox vaccinations, the "best chance to offset bioterror threat." Includes a brief description of the disease and its history.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Infectious Diseases: Immunity
An interactive, self-guided lesson on the function of the human immune system and how medical intervention prevents disease. This lesson has many descriptive animations as well as graphs and diagrams to help with understanding. There is...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Control of Viruses
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find out the details of how scientists have found methods to control the spread of viruses.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
This article on children and whooping cough is organized into the following sections: "Pertussis (Whooping Cough)," "Prevention, When to Call Your Child's Doctor, and Professional Treatment," and "Home Treatment." Learn what makes the...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905 Presentation Speech
This site from the Nobel e-Museum contains a speech, originally given in 1905, in which Count K.A.H. Morner praises Robert Koch for his contribution to the world of medicine and awards Koch with the Nobel Prize.
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Woes of Whooping Cough
Intended for young readers, this simple article addresses the causes, symptoms, and treatments for whooping cough.
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...