CDC NERD Academy Student Quick Learn: What exactly is a pandemic?

This video introduces students to the basics of public health for participation in module 1: What exactly is a pandemic? Students learn how epidemiologists, also known as disease detectives, classify levels of disease occurrence as endemic, or as a cluster, outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic by using number of cases, location, and time. Students learn how health is defined and about the people involved in keeping us healthy as individuals and as whole communities. This is part of an 8-module series in the CDC NERD Academy curriculum: Educating and Inspiring Youth to Explore Public Health, available at www.cdc.gov/sc....
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