I did post on the wiki the CDC-MMWR. This site is useful on several fronts: it gives students a real up to the week report on communicable diseases and lets them hypothesize why the trend happens but also drives home the health risks involved in certain behaviors.
When I did this for microbiology, I chose Syphilis because I had heard it was on the rise in California. I followed the SE, specifically Florida. I was able to watch the increase over the semester and through the research for the disease I found that numbers increased during the harvest season and continued to increase as farm workers moved to northern states. This lead to looking into the health of our migrant population and what employers can do.
Students today need to see this real time data for themselves to see that these diseases are on the rise. I am sure there are tables for students that want to be veterinarians. The California Rabies page has data by the year. There must be more . If anyone comes across data tables for animal diseases please let me know.
The WHO has a data base for diseases, risk factors(obesity, water quality,literacy). It is the WHO Statistical Information System
Click on the the major category interested in or go to the Data And Statistics tab. there are many options. It would be a good project to compare the US with other countries. Or compare different years.
There are always data tables for Earth Science but I don't have much for Biology.
Any you find would be appreciated.
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