communicable diseases

Describes the dangers of Staphylococcus aureus infection, its causes, and the various treatments and antibiotics available to prevent its spread.

Ralphie is crushed when a fever keeps him home from school on the day he is scheduled to host the Frizzle News Network television broadcast on health, but he ends up hosting anyway--as the specimen under study.

Examines rashes, infections, and other common childhood diseases and describes methods of curing them or vaccinations to prevent them.