This resource is a paper co-authored by Professor Richard Larson that discusses the importance of non-pharmaceutical interventions in preventing the spread of influenza.
http://blossoms.mit.edu/sites/default/files/Article.pdf
In this interactive, provided by NOVA, a player must use basic methods of field epidemiology to solve the medical mystery of a recent disease outbreak.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/detective.html
Is Epidemiology In Your Future? This site presents a promotional video webcast showing the many sides, and the many career opportunities, of this critical health profession.
http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=26931#content
This site, sponsored by the Yale University-New Haven Teachers Institute, provides a curriculum unit that aims to provide students with background knowledge for the study of mathematical content that can be applied to the biological sciences, and attempts to connect relevant topics from the high-school mathematics content to the concepts in microbiology that affect real-life situations.
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/guides/2009/5/09.05.08.x.html
This site, sponsored by the Yale University-New Haven Teachers Institute, presents a cross-discipline mathematics unit designed for students in Algebra 2 or beyond. It incorporates functions with statistics to illuminate the useful nature of functions in translating data into models.
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/guides/2009/5/09.05.06.x.html
This site presents “The Great Flu Game” in which a player has to manage a worldwide outbreak of a new influenza virus, before it turns into a pandemic.
http://www.thegreatflu.com/
This educational software/game illustrates the consequences of allowing the flu to spread in an interactive graphical simulation. It is intended to inform people of the reasons to take measures that will help prevent further spreading of the flu. Funded by the biomedical research charity, WellcomeTrust.ac.uk.
http://www.miniclip.com/games/sneeze/en/
This site, provided by the Florida Department of Health, provides useful information on the importance of hand-washing and “careful” coughing in preventing the spread of flu.
http://www.fifthguy.com/handwashing.htm
This site provides resources to help hospital administrators and state and local health officials respond to the H1N1 flu pandemic.
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/tools/
This educational video describes flu viruses, how they infect the human body, and how researchers are finding vaccines for influenza.
http://www.ndep.us/Tracking-the-Flu