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Infectious Diseases in the News
There is no in class component for this CTA. Begin by finding a current news article of your choice from a newspaper, magazine, scientific digest, or internet news site.
Do not use internet "fact" pages (i.e. from encyclopedia-like pages, Wikipedia, WebMD.com, CDC.gov, etc.) since these are not news! A useful way to help distinguish internet news articles from fact pages is that news articles will have a publication date listed, but fact pages/sites generally do not list a date.
Do not use articles from professional medical or microbiology journals (i.e. New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Infectious Disease) since these are not news either.
Make sure that a microorganism is involved in your news article and it is related to a health/disease issue - no credit will be given unless a microbe is involved. Keep in mind that there are many diseases that do not involve microbes, including most cancers, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, heart disease, etc, so take the time to read carefully while screening articles to be sure an infectious disease is involved.
You will find more articles if you navigate to a news site first (for example, ABCnews.com, msnbc.com, CNN.com, sciencedaily.com, Time.com, etc) and then search for an article, rather than using Google.
If you are uncertain whether the article you find is appropriate -- ask me.
After reading your article, write a report, using the following organization:
Description (4 points). In your own words, describe what the article was about. Do not copy directly from the article since that will constitute plagiarism.
Relevance (4 points). Explain how the information in the article is relevant to MBI 111.
Complete reference (2 points). A full reference for the article must be provided, including the complete URL (in case I want to view the article).
Here is an example:
Priedt, Robert. "Key to Lyme Disease Virulence Discovered." ABC News.com. ABC News, 12 Feb 2009. Web. 28 Oct 2011. <http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=6858891&page=1>.
