Emerging Diseases Current Events

Current events can be turned in at any time, prior to their due date, for full credit if they meet the following criteria. Current events turned in after the posted due date will receive a 5 point deduction per assignment period.

  • The topics you must research for the first marking period of the course are: bacterial/fungal infections, animal-related diseases (zoonotic), food-borne illness, non-COVID viral infection, free choice disease related.

  • The topics you must research for the second marking period of the course are: non-COVID disease outbreak in US, non-COVID outbreak around the world, vaccines in the news, CDC, NIH or WHO related, free choice disease related.

  • You may search for articles online or in printed newspapers/magazines.

  • The articles should not be older than one year.

  • Write a synopsis of the articles including an explanation of what the article is about.

  • Write a second paragraph telling what you learned from the article and how it pertains to the class.

  • Hand in one article and your written assignment every two weeks. This work can be submitted digitally or as a hard copy. Digital copies should include a link to the article and your synopsis and what you learned as the body of the email. Title the email "Current event #..."

  • Completed articles, handed in on time, will be worth full credit. Articles handed in after their due date will receive partial credit on a sliding scale, losing 5 points per CE period as shown in the table below. Articles may be handed in before they are due.

  • On time = before the end of the school day the date the assignment is due.

  • Absent on the due date? Email the assignment before the end of the school day.

Current event topics/due dates:

  1. February 3- Bacterial/Fungal Infections

  2. February 17- Animal related diseases

  3. February 24 - Food-borne illness

  4. March 10- Viruses (non-COVID)

  5. March 24 - Free choice - any disease topic

  6. April 21 - Outbreak in the U.S. (non-COVID)

  7. April 28 - Outbreak abroad (non-COVID)

  8. May 12- Vaccines in the news

  9. May 26- CDC, NIH or WHO highlighted

  10. June 9 - Free choice - any disease topic