Deadly diseases and epidemics

Examines the causes, symptoms, and treatment of toxic shock syndrome, and discusses the lasting consequences of the infectious disease.

Provides information on the history, transmission, symptoms, screening, and treatment of tuberculosis.

Examines the history of Lyme Disease, identifying the bacteria that causes it, how it is spread, its symptoms, tests, and treatments, and prevention, and includes two case histories, as well as discussion of the Lyme vaccine.

Provides an overview of the history, causes, symptoms, and diagnosis of pneumonia, looks at complications from this lung infection, and discusses treatment options.

Contains an overview of hepatitis, describing the history, causes, phases of the disease, and common symptoms, examining the human body's liver and immune system, discussing treatment options, and providing information on A, B, C, and other specific types of the disease.

An overview of gonorrhea that provides information on the disease's causes, transmission, treatment, and prevention.

Discusses the history of the disease trypanosomiasis, its transmission, its symptoms, its treatment, and ways to prevent trypanosomiasis.

Discusses influenza, what it is, where it strikes, some of the possible complications, and preventative measures.

Describes the disease cholera, including transmission, symptoms, treatments, prevention, and vaccines.

Discusses Diphtheria, including causes, symptoms, treatment, and preventative measures.