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This document presents frequently asked questions about anthrax, an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. The document includes answers on the transmission... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This smallpox page from CDC has the latest smallpox vaccine recommendations, public health response plan, factsheets, and clinical information about smallpox. It includes images of smallpox and small... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Audio-based format walks users through an introduction to anthrax, its definition, types, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and vaccination. A section on bioterrorism is included.... Details >
Are You Ready? provides a step-by-step outline on how to prepare a disaster supply kit, emergency planning for people with disabilities, how to locate and evacuate to a shelter, and even contingency p... Details >
This biological and chemical weapons page from the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus features sections such as latest news, overviews, prevention and screening, specific conditions, and organ... Details >
As the nation copes with anthrax scares and concerns over future bioterrorist attacks, many nurses and other health care professionals have been forced to quickly learn about treating victims of biote... Details >
Interim recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis to prevent inhalational anthrax after exposure to B. anthracis spores recommend ciprofloxacin or doxycycline as initial therapy in situations assoc... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This CDC plague home page provides a brief overview of plague and the risks of infection. It links to a fact sheet, questions and answers, images, and information about prevention and control, diagno... Details >
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Also available in: Spanish
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Emergency Preparedness and Response site offers the latest information on bioterrorism, chemical and raditation emergencies, natural disasters, recent ... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This CDC fact sheet related to bioterrorism describes inhalational, cutaneous, and gastrointestinal anthrax and provides tips on what parents should know and how to reduce fears.... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This site offers a menu of links to pertinent Web pages related to counterterrorism, including sites from the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of He... Details >
This Department of Defense site provides information on the threat of anthrax as a weapon, the disease caused by anthrax, and the vaccine for anthrax. ... Details >
This drug information sheet from FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research provides recommendations for the antibiotics doxycycline and penicillin G procaine for treatment of inhalational anthrax.... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Archived videos featuring experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health providing information about anthrax and bioterrorism.... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Also available in: Spanish
Ricin is a poison that can be made from the waste left over from processing castor beans.... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This FDA public health advisory provides dosing regimens for adults and children who may be treated with doxycycline for anthrax exposure.... Details >
This fact sheet details HHS' efforts to prevent and respond to bioterrorism.... Details >
A poll commissioned by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) suggests the public remains concerned about the readiness of the public health system to respond to bioterror. This page presents an excer... Details >
Between September and October 2001, several letters containing Bacillus anthracis were sent through the mail in several areas of the United States. Although there have been no recent mail-related anth... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security promotes individual emergency preparedness through the Ready Campaign and Citizen Corps as part of a broader national effort conducted by the Department's Prep... Details >
Offers links to textbooks, journals, news articles, institutes, regional centers of excellence, and other resources on biodefense affairs.... Details >
This page includes links to the following resource sections: Talking with Children about War and Terrorism, Protecting Children from Traumatic Media Exposure, Stress and Coping, Patriotism, Classroom ... Details >
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
This is a brief factsheet about smallpox and the smallpox vaccine.... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This smallpox page presents basic information about smallpox and the smallpox vaccine and features information for specific audiences: kids, teens, parents, primary health care providers, public healt... Details >