Factfiles cover more specialist topics which are relevant to the curriculum and science schemes of work. Written in an easily understood format, they take an in-depth look at the subject.

Factfiles on the web

MMR Vaccine
Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine: the diseases, vaccine, the arguments for and against a link to autism, current research and further information.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
The history of a new disease

Booklets

Malaria A KS3 & post-16 resource
Malaria is one of the world's biggest killers. It infects up to half a billion people per year, kills more than 2 million and, according the WHO, a child dies every 30 seconds as a result of the disease. This factfile puts Malaria into historical context and descibes how Plasmodium, the causative agent, is spread by mosquitoes. Also covered, is diagnosis of disease and methods of prevention and control. The factfile ends with a round up of the latest research. Available now, contact Yvonne Taylor.

Tuberculosis
A KS3 & post-16 resource
With a frightening increase in tuberculosis (TB) throughout the world in the 21st century, what are scientists doing to combat a disease that many believed was a problem of the past? The TB factfile describes the disease, its symptoms and incidence and checks out the state of current research into Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative microbe. Available now as a pdf or contact Yvonne Taylor