Biowarfare - what can you do?

Here are some pointers for what to do about biowarfare situations:

• 10 things you need to know about anthrax
• What to do if you get a suspicious looking package
• Official Sources:
  • CDC: Centers for Disease Control
    • Anthrax
    • The above link leads to: How To Handle Anthrax Threats, October 12, 2001 (PDF)
      READ THIS NOW!!
  • FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
    • The FBI link leads to: What to do if you receive a suspicious letter or package. (PDF)
      READ THIS NOW!! or see 'Suspicious package' above.
• Disasters and Emergency Preparedness from the National Library of Medicine
• Biological and chemical weapons from the National Library of Medicine
• Videocast of "Anthrax: What Every Clinician Should Know"
  It's intended for physicians and nurse clinicians serving in physicians'offices, hospitals and public health settings to help them correctly recognize, test, diagnose, treat and report patients with conditions that could be attributed to anthrax exposure.
  
  This program will be re-broadcast on Monday, October 22, at 5 p.m., and the vidoecast will be archived for viewing in the future.
  
  

  For remote viewing, please access the NIH VideoCast site at http://videocast.nih.gov. VideoCasts can be viewed using RealPlayer. You will want to download and install the latest free version, called RealPlayer 8 Basic, from . Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX versions are all available. Please see the VideoCast FAQ (http://videocast.nih.gov/faq/ ) for more information about downloading and installing the latest free version of Real Player software. If you have a question that is not answered by the FAQ, call CIT's Technical Assistance and Support Center (TASC) at 301-594-6248 or send email to tasc@nih.gov.
  
  

  Also available from CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/phtn Public Health Training Network. See also the CDC http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/han/ Health Alert Network.

• Johns Hopkins University Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies: http://hopkins-biodefense.org/

• Nature pre-publication and special issue on Anthrax: http://www.nature.com/nature/anthrax

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