Pandemic Flu - Public Health Research Guide

Blogs

• Wall Street Journal Health Blog
• Health LawProf Blog
• Google Flu Trends (inc. new Experimental Flu Trends for Mexico)
• New York Times Well Blog

Other U.S. Government Web Sites
 

• Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (CDC)
• EPI-X: The Epidemic Information Exchange (CDC)
  "The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's secure, web-based communications network that serves as a powerful communications exchange between CDC, state and local health departments, poison control centers, and other public health professionals. The system provides rapid reporting immediate notification, editorial support, and coordination of health investigations for public health professionals." This Web site provides the public with information about this secure network.
   
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
   
• Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Public Health Directors(CDC)
  "[A]n all-hazards reference tool for health professionals who are responsible for initiating the public health response during the first 24 hours (i.e. the acute phase) of an emergency or disaster. It provides useful information on the activation and integration of a jurisdiction's public health system into the existing overall emergency response structure during the acute phase of an incident."
   
• Strategic National Stockpile (CDC) is a national repository of pharmaceuticals and medical material to supplement and re-supply state and local public health agencies in the event of a national emergency. The Web site provides general information such as what Strategic National Stockpile is, how and when it is deployed. The Web site also includes some training material for state and local health care providers, first responders, and governments.
   

U.S. Academic Institutes

• Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness
   
• For a more comprehensive list of centers for public health preparedness, check this list on the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)

U.S. Organizations & Associations

• American College of Emergency Physicians
   
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
   
• American Hospital Association
   
• American Public Health Association
   
• Association of Public Health Laboratories
   
• Association of Schools of Public Health
   
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
   
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
   
• Infectious Disease Society of America
   
• Institute of Medicine (IOM)
   
• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACHO)
   
• National Foundation for Infectious Disease
   
• Trust for America's Health
  • Pandemic Flu and the Potential U.S. Economic Recession: State-by-State Analysis(2007 Report)

Useful Web Sites from Other Countries

• National Influenza Pandemic Plans (WHO)
   
• Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan (Public Health Agency of Canada)
   
• Department of Health (Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)
   
• Worldwide Influenza Centre (The Francis Crick Institute)