LINKS TO OTHER WEB-BASED RESOURCES
websites | national/international news sources

WEBSITES

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• American Academy of Family Physicians - BTResponse -  Links to organizations, handouts, patient flyers, ppt presentations
• American Medical Association. Bioterrorism: FAQs
• APIC Bioterrorism links - Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology

• Arizona Health Sciences Library Bioterrorism page. 

• Association of Public Health Laboratories
• Canada.  Office of Public Health Security,  Counter-Terrorism Coordination and Health Information Networks (CTCHIN).  Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Resource Links (CBRN); a comprehensive of BT links for Canada
• CBIAC. Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center  Bioterrorism and related topics list
• The Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) University of Minnesota
• Center for Public Health Preparedness, at School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York
• CDC Bioterrorism links - CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response page. List of selected agents and threats
• CDC MMWR Terrorism Preparedness Compendium - Access to articles from MMWR issues (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Record)
• Central Intelligence Agency
  CIA – DCI Current Reports Central Intelligence Agency. Director of Central Intelligence Reports
  CIA pamphlet on CBRN attacks - Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear
• Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).  CitizenCorps Info page Includes links to Medical Reserve Corps, Neighborhood Watch Program, Volunteers in Police service, and others
• Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) uses a comprehensive set of tools to reduce the threat of WMD. Arms control, threat reduction, technology development, combat support and chemical and biological defense make up DTRA's toolbox.  
• Department of Homeland Security
• DisasterHelp.gov   
• DMOZ – an Open Directory of internet sites evaluated by volunteer editors.  Great links. Biological and Chemical |  Plague | Tularemia  |  Smallpox |  Biological, Chemical & Radiological
• EMAC the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, is a congressionally ratified organization that provides form and structure to interstate mutual aid. Through EMAC, a disaster impacted state can request and receive assistance from other member states quickly and efficiently, resolving two key issues upfront: liability and reimbursement
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Comprehensive info pages on Anthrax, Smallpox, Plague, Botulism, Viral hemorrhagic fevers & Tularemia
• Institute for Homeland Security
• International Association of Chiefs of Police.  Info on conferences, etc.
• International Association of Fire Fighters. IAFF Online
• Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
• Laboratory Response Network (LRN) maintains an integrated national and international network of laboratories fully equipped to respond quickly to acts of chemical or biological terrorism, emerging infectious diseases, and other public health threats and emergencies.
• Medical Library Association Bioterrorism Bibliographies

• Medline Plus Biodefense and Bioterrorism  Information links page

• Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) - The primary focus of the MMRS program is to develop or enhance existing emergency preparedness systems to effectively respond to a public health crisis, especially a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) event. Free registration required
• Michigan Electronic Library – Bioterrorism
• National Academies. Bioterrorism sites.
• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
  NACCHO BT Toolbox.  Resource with links to full text reports of interest to public health.  Included are links to recent DOJ reports, as well as documents and reports written by NACCHO. 
• National Center for Disaster Preparedness.  Columbia University. Mailman School of Public Health.  (one of the original, (CDC)-funded Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness)
• National Environmental Health Association Terrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness E-library and Resource Center
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases – Biodefense publications
• National Institutes of Health
• National Library of Medicine’s Specialized Information Service Biological Warfare information
• National Safety Council. Emergencies & Disasters. Selected list of resources for safety officers.
• NATO Emergency War Surgery Handbook
• New York Academy of Medicine  Resource guide for Public Health Preparedness.
• New York Emergency Room RN
• Office of the Surgeon General Medical NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical). To provide a distributed learning and reference source for medical NBC information. While the system is being developed for U.S. Army medical personnel, the site will be available to any medical practitioner with access to the Internet. Provides links to full-text textbooks and training information.
• Rand Corporation. Public Health Preparedness Database, a RAND Health Project.   The materials contained in this website were designed to help state and local public health officials identify and evaluate exercises to be used in preparedness activities in their local areas. Contains a searchable database of public health preparedness exercises (includes examples of selected exercises), public health preparedness tools and documents, and evaluation criteria to be used in evaluating an exercise 
• Pandemicflu.gov
• Ready.gov. Pages on biological, chemical, radiological threats, nuclear blasts, and natural disasters, and preparedness issues for the public
• UK Resilience Useful links page from UK Resilience. Source of information from the British and/or international point of view.
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Center for Biosecurity
• U.S. Army
• U.S. Army Chemical School
• U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). Fort Detrick, Maryland
• U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency
• U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)
• U.S. Department of State. International Information Programs.
• U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• U S Department of Defense
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Disasters and Emergencies links
• Veterans Health Administration.  Emergency Management Strategic  Healthcare Group (EMSHG). 
• Virtual Naval Hospital. 
• WHO Health Aspects of Biological and Chemical Weapons
• WHO Communicable Disease Surveillance & Response CSR. World Health Organization

• AFP News
• Aljazeera News in English
• Community Research Associates  News summaries from national press articles
• Homeland Security Terrorism Research Center  Summary of information from  news sources
• National Infrastructure ZProtection Center (NIPC) Information Analysis Infrastructure Protection DHS Daily Report.  from Department of Homeland Security.
• United States Dept. of Defense
• UCLA Department of Epidemiology  School of Public Health. Epidemiologic Information on Bioterrorism. Comprehensive compilation of news articles on terrorism and related issues
• Terrorism Knowledge Base (TKB) is a free databank of global terrorist incidents, organizations, and legal data related to terrorism. The TKB offers: international & domestic terrorism data, GIS mapping of groups and attacks, Group and leader profiles, and News sources. The TKB also has analytical tools, such as statistical summaries, trend graphing, side-by-side group comparisons, graphs and charts examining incidents by region, by target, by tactic, by weapon, by group, etc.
• Clinicians' Biosecurity Network. University of Pittsburgh. Center for Biosecurity. 
• Council on Foreign Relations
• Infrastructure Report - (Dept. Homeland Security)