Questions and Answers About Anthrax
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 |
Anthrax Interactive Health Tutorial
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 >
National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health |
Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness
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 >
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
Biodefense and Bioterrorism
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 >
National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health |
Bioterrorism and Disaster Response - American Nurses Association 
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 >
American Nurses Association |
CDC Health Advisory: Use of Ciprofloxacin or Doxycycline for Postexposure Prophylaxis for Prevention of Inhalational Anthrax
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 |
CDC Plague Home Page
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 |
Children and Anthrax: A Fact Sheet for Parents
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 |
Counterterrorism - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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 >
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Emergency Preparedness and Response: Training
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 |
How Public Health Has Changed Since 9-11
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 >
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
How to Recognize and Handle a Suspicious Package or Envelope
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 |
Ready.gov
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 >
Department of Homeland Security |
Reference Library - BiodefenseEducation.org
Offers links to textbooks, journals, news articles, institutes, regional centers of excellence, and other resources on biodefense affairs.... Details >
BiodefenseEducation.org |
Resources for Parents, Teachers, and Family Support Professionals in Times of War
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 |
Smallpox Information from the 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 >
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |