Task · part of 1. Public health, and how diseases are contracted
1(c). Four diseases: how contracted and possibly prevented
Required
Any four of gonorrhea, West Nile virus, botulism, influenza, syphilis, hepatitis, emphysema, meningitis, herpes, or lead poisoning.
Notes and warnings
Note. Choose any four of the ten for this part: gonorrhea, West Nile virus, botulism, influenza, syphilis, hepatitis, emphysema, meningitis, herpes, or lead poisoning. Which four changes nothing else.
Where this step comes from
- Public Health Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 1(c) · Asks you to choose any four of ten listed diseases; the ten are named in the step rather than drawn as a question.