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Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Rabies [Pdf]
A one-page fact card on rabies describes the virus and explains how you can get it.
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Centers for Disease Control: Skin Cancer Awareness Month: Protect Your Skin
Information on skin cancer: risk factors, the different types of skin cancer, and how to protect one's skin when exposed to the sun.
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Centers for Disease Control: Marriage and Divorce
This National Center for Health Statistic page provides basic stats on marriage and divorce as well as related links to more detailed information.
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Centers for Disease Control: Influenza: The Disease
Find a list of "flu-like symptoms," learn who is at risk for developing the flu, and read about how the flu is spread. This website also provides a chart showing "peak months for flu activity" and advice for treating the flu and flu...
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Centers for Disease Control: The Influenza (Flu) Viruses
Read about the different types of flu viruses, and learn how the flu can spread and change. Learn how many people are hospitalized due to the influenza virus every year and more.
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Centers for Disease Control: Spina Bifida Incidence at Birth u.s., 1983 1990
This resource is an article which presents information on the spina bifida incidence in the United States, 1983-1990. It includes possible causes for trends.
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Centers for Disease Control: Spina Bifida Incidence at Birth u.s., 1983 1990
This resource is an article that presents information on the spina bifida incidence in the United States, 1983-1990. It includes possible causes for trends.
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Centers for Disease Control: Hoja Informativa a Sobre La Viruela: Generalidades De La Enfermedad
This resource provides complete information on the smallpox disease such as the two clinical forms of smallpox, where smallpox comes from and other pertinent information about this disease.
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Centers for Disease Control: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars)
Information that answers essential questions about SARS, including where SARS is found, how SARS exposures occur, how SARS affects the body, and signs and symptoms of SARS exposure.
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Centers for Disease Control: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (St Ds)
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) provides a collection of links to a variety of sexually transmitted diseases. Content focuses on bacterial infections (such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and chancroid), STD prevention, and...
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Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Body: Girls' Locker Room
A virtual tour of the dangers and risks of infection lurking in a gym locker room. Girls learn about good workout practices that will keep them healthy.
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Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Body: Boys' Locker Room
A virtual tour of the dangers and risks of infection lurking in a gym locker room. Boys learn about good workout practices that will keep them healthy.
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Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Cyanide
Information on where cyanide is found, symptoms of exposure, and how to prevent and treat cyanide poisoning.
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Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Ricin
Information that answers the questions what ricin is, where ricin is found and how it is used, how ricin exposures occur, how ricin affects the body, signs and symptoms of ricin exposure, and the like.
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Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Sarin
An overview of the nerve agent sarin, including signs and symptoms of sarin exposure, ways to protect yourself from exposures, and treatment.
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Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Sulfur Mustard
An overview of sulfur mustard, also known as mustard gas. Includes signs and symptoms of, and treatment for exposure to sulfur mustard.
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Centers for Disease Control: Acute Radiation Syndrome
Information about acute radiation sickness, also known as acute radiation syndrome.
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Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Vx
An overview of VX, a nerve agent and known weapon of chemical warfare. Includes information about the signs and symptoms of VX exposure and recommended treatments.
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Centers for Disease Control: About Radiation Emergencies
Frequently asked questions about radiation that answer how to protect yourself in a radiation emergency, what happens during an exposure, and how exposures usually occur.
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Centers for Disease Control: Radiation Emergencies What Should I Do?
When and how to shelter in place during a radiation emergency.
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Centers for Disease Control: Anthrax: Basic Information
An easy to follow FAQ sheet on anthrax as a disease and a weapon. Lots of good background and a good place to start a study of Anthrax.
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Centers for Disease Control: My Family Health Portrait
Students create a personalized family health history report. The resource consists of a sample report, a family tree, and a chart of your family health history.
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Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Avian Flu [Pdf]
Fact card on avian flu, also known as bird flu, answers key questions about the disease.
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Centers for Disease Control: Fight the Bite (West Nile)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide a collection of websites dedicated to the West Nile Virus and prevention of mosquito-born infections. Links to lots of different pages where you can learn how to prevent WNV and...