WEBTREATS: Disease Outbreaks

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General Resources:

Canary Database

Staff of the Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program select, curate, and index thousands of articles to review the evidence of animals as “early warning” sentinels of human health hazards. 

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)

NCEZID aims to prevent disease, disability, and death caused by a wide range of infectious diseases

Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections (DPEI)

This NCEZID division works to prepare the CDC and partners to prepare for, prevent, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Emergency Preparedness & Response

This site is CDC’s primary source of information and resources for preparing for and responding to public health emergencies. 

Bioterrorism

This CDC site links to information on specific disease agents.  The AMA Working Group on Civilian Biodefense consensus-based recommendations for measures to be taken by medical and public health professionals if a biological weapon is used against a civilian population can be found through links to clinician information for each disease:

Anthrax

Botulism

Plague

Smallpox

Tularemia

Health Canada CCDR Weekly (Canada Communicable Disease Report)

HealthMap

HealthMap brings together disparate data courses to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health.

Institute of Medicine (IOM) - Forum on Microbial Threats

MedlinePlus Biodefense and Bioterrorism

MedlinePlus Infections

Select specific disease from list.

MedlinePlus Infectious Disease (General)