Thursday, May 04, 2006

Government Site for Avian and Pandemic Flu Information

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is managing PandemicFlu.gov, a website devoted to providing "one-stop access to U.S. Government avian and pandemic flu information." The site is easily navigable with tabs covering the following areas:
  • General Information
  • Where You Live
  • Planning and Response (broken into federal, state & local, individual, business, school, health care, and community categories)
  • Monitoring Outbreaks
  • Health & Safety
  • Tests, Vaccines, & Medications
  • Bird & Animal Issues
  • Global Activities
  • Economic Impacts
  • Travel
  • Research Activities (including a history of pandemics)
  • News Room
  • Dictionary

State by state pandemic information is easily accessible by a map with live links to information from individual states.

SOURCE: beSpacific

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