Avian and Pandemic Flu Web Resources

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials: http://www.astho.org/. Provides reports, surveys, fact sheets, and other resources

Avian Flu Blog: http://avianflu.typepad.com/avianflu/. Serves as a clearinghouse and communication center for information about avian flu.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/. Includes specific information on infection control, vaccine development, outbreaks, quarantines, and how avian influenza spreads; and information for professional groups, including state health departments.

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/. Contains several articles and reports on avian and pandemic flu, including CIDRAP’s 10-Point Framework for Pandemic Influenza Business Contingency Planning.

Effect Measure, a forum for public health discussion:  www.scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/.    Serves as a discussion forum for public health issues, including avian flu.

Infectious Diseases Society of America: http://www.idsociety.org/. Includes avian and pandemic flu medical summaries, policies, and other influenza resources.

Mercer Human Resource Consulting: http://www.mercerhr.com/avianflu. Contains resources to help organizations protect their employees in the event of a pandemic.

National Chicken Council: http://www.nationalchickencouncil.com/. Includes safety measures, FAQs, videos, and other resources.

Nature, an international weekly science journal: http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/avianflu/index.html. Posts current research articles on avian flu, timelines, and links.

NewsNow, U.K.’s leading online press monitoring company: http://newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Bird+Flu. Contains breaking stories on avian flu from thousands of online publications.

The New York Times: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/avianinfluenza.  Provides a free collection of articles about avian influenza, published in The New York Times since 1996.

PandemicFlu.gov, the official U.S. government site for information on pandemic flu and avian influenza: http://www.pandemicflu.gov/. Provides information on vaccines; U.S. and international surveillance; and planning and response activities, including the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pandemic Influenza Plan, and state pandemic plans.

Public Health Agency of Canada: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/influenza/avian_e.html. Includes the latest information from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on avian influenza, FAQs, global reporting, and guidelines.

Recombinomics:  http://www.recombinomics.com.  Provides detailed information about viral evolution and  vaccine development.

Trust for America’s Health: http://healthyamericans.org/. Provides reports and recommendations, including a report on media coverage and attitudes toward pandemic flu.

U.S. Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov. Includes information about suspected routine low pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza test results and USDA’s Role in National Implementation Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza.

World Health Organization’s (WHO) Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/. Tracks the evolving avian flu situation and includes up-to-date reports, guidelines, recommendations, FAQs, fact sheets, timelines, and links.