Flu Links

 

U.S. Resources

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • PandemicFlu.gov
    Official U.S. government website for pandemic influenza
    • HHS Congressional testimony on pandemic and avian influenza
    • Transcripts of HHS press conferences on pandemic and avian influenza
  • HHS National Vaccine Program Office: Pandemic Influenza
     
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • USDA Avian Influenza website
    Information on USDA efforts to protect the nation's poultry supply
  • USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: Avian Influenza
  • Ask a Food Safety Question (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)
  • USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline (English & Spanish):
    1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854)
    TTY: 1-800-256-7072
     
• National Wildlife Health Center: Avian Influenza
   
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • Protecting Poultry Workers at Risk  (48 KB/8 pages)
     
• Human Cases of Avian Influenza A (H7N7) Infection - The Netherlands 2003
   
• Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in 10 Patients in Vietnam
  N Engl J Med. 2004 Mar 18;350[12]:1179-88

Local Resources

• DHEC - Public Health Preparedness
• South Carolina State & Local Planning & Response Activities

International Resources

• World Health Organization Avian Influenza website
  Information about current outbreaks throughout the world
• World Organization for Animal Health website
  Information about infections among poultry and other animals throughout the world
• United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: Avian Influenza
  Food safety issues related to the current avian influenza outbreaks throughout the world
• World Health Organization pandemic preparedness website