Strategies and Plans CDC ATSDR FDA FTC NIH NLM DHHS PHS Anthrax

see also: Military Medicine and Health Related Hoaxes and Health and Fitness for medical news sources State Health Department Websites, listed by CDC

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Strategies and Plans

• National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza (section by section), Nov 2005 (local copy, single PDF file)

• The National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets, Feb 2003 (local copy, single PDF file)

• National Drug Control Strategy, Feb 2006, Office of National Drug Control Policy (local copy, single PDF file)

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Homeland Security Strategy (local copy), Oct 2004

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

• CDC home page
  • CDC News and Press Releases

• Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) "established in 1951 following the start of the Korean War as an early warning system against biological warfare and man-made epidemics."

• The Prospect of Domestic Bioterrorism, including table showing previous targeting of government buildings and media outlets, and use of envelopes for distribution

• CDC's Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program - including facts about Anthrax, Botulism, Pneumonic Plague, Smallpox

• National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), CDC
  • Infectious Disease Information

• CDC's Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), formerly National Pharmaceutical Stockpile (NPS) Program

• Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response, from Centers for Disease Control
  • Local copy (HTML file) (PDF file), summary of recommendations of the CDC Strategic Planning Workgroup in year 2000 report Preparedness and Response to Biological and Chemical Terrorism: A Strategic Plan

• Health Related Hoaxes and Rumors, CDC

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) home page

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) home page
• FDA Bioterrorism page, answering quesitons about food safety, using Cipro, immunizations, risks of outbreaks, etc.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC) home page
• FTC Consumer Alert, regarding offers to sell you drugs or treatments for anthrax and other biological threats

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) home page

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

• National Library of Medicine (NLM) home page

Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)

• Health & Human Services (DHHS) home page
• Health & Human Services news
• National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) - includes medical response teams and their training
• Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS), Dept of Homeland Security - formerly Metropolitan Medical Strike Teams (MMST), DHHS

U.S. Public Health Service (PHS)

• Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS)
  • The Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) is under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH), who serves as the Secretary's primary advisor on matters involving the nation's public health and oversees HHS' U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) for the Secretary.

• U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) - no longer exists, broken apart, although many government sites still have links to where PHS used to be, and some of its pieces still exist

• Office of Force Readiness and Deployment, U.S. Public Health Service
• formerly U.S. Public Health Service, now Dept of Homeland Security, Noble Training Center "is unique in that it is the only hospital facility in the U.S. devoted entirely to medical training for Weapons of Mass Destruction"

Anthrax

• FBI Anthrax Links
• Bioterrorism Preparedness Resources, from American Society for Microbiology, includes items for labs, health officials, and us common folk
• FBI Advisory on Suspicious Mail (local copy)
• How to Handle Anthrax and Other Biological Agent Threats, 12 Oct 2001 CDC Health Advisory (local copy, PDF) (local copy, HTML)
• Questions and Answers about Anthrax Prevention and Treatment, 10 Oct 2001 HHS news (local copy)
• What To Do If You Receive An Anthrax Threat, US Postal Service
• What To Do With Suspicious Mail (Postcard), US Postal Service
• Anthrax news and updates, CDC
• Anthrax facts and general info, CDC
• World Anthrax Data Site, a service of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center (WHOCC)
• See also Anthrax section on Military Medicine page

CDC's Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program - including facts about Anthrax, Botulism, Pneumonic Plague, Smallpox

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