Sample some of the following activities to learn more about disease cycles. Millions of people in Europe died from plague in the Middle Ages when human homes and places of work were inhabited by flea-infested rats. Read the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Center for Disease Control to find out the most current information about the cycles of disease. Look at their Morbidity Tables to find out which states have the highest numbers of infectious diseases. Utah has a high rate of E.coli infection.
Some states have surprisingly high rates of rabies cases.
Check out the CDC's list of diseases and find out the natural history of each disease, how it is spread, how it is diagnosed, its distribution, its prevention and control, and more. These doctors form part of a medical relief agency that helps victims of armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and others who lack health care due to geographic remoteness or ethnic marginalization. Annually, more than 2,000 volunteers representing 45 nationalities work in over 80 countries in front-line hospitals, refugee camps, disaster sites, towns, and villages. They were pioneers in creating antibiotics in the 1950s. Everyone gets the flu.