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Epidemics
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics 
 This online collection "provides general background information on diseases and epidemics worldwide, and is organized around significant 'episodes' of contagious disease. These materials include digitized copies of books, serials, pamphlets, incunabula, and manuscripts -- a total of more than 500,000 pages." Topics covered include the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793 and Spanish influenza in North America in 1918-1919. From the Harvard University Library Open Collections Program. http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/contagion/index.html Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Jan 14, 2009 Disease Outbreak News
International resource for news updates on communicable diseases, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Includes special reports and factsheets on topics such as anthrax, BSE, influenza, and smallpox. Also includes media releases and contacts, and information about the organization and its activities. From Communicable Disease Surveillance & Response (CSR), World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases Last updated May 11, 2005 Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Peer-Reviewed Journal Tracking and Analyzing Disease Trends
A monthly journal from The National Center for Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This CDC site provides the current edition and past issues back to the first in 1995, and to available advance articles from the forthcoming edition. Provides searching, suggested citations, and a free subscription to receive tables of contents via e-mail. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Magazines, Public Health & Safety Last updated May 11, 2005 FluSTAR
This Web site reports the spread of influenza across the United States and shows areas of flu outbreak. Over 400 doctors report their findings to the site; data are also "gathered from four different surveillance methods including rapid assay data and clinical diagnosis data." The site also has information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, studies, and strains; flu news; and links to related sites. From Roche Laboratories Inc., a producer of pharmaceuticals. http://flustar.com/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Sep 9, 2003 H5N1: Killer Flu
September 2005 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Wide Angle program about "H5N1 influenza -- the powerful virus that is raging through the bird flocks of Asia -- [and that] has successfully made the leap to humans." Includes excerpts from an article about flu pandemics, and the full video, which discusses "dangers posed ... [and] the political, public health, and medical challenges the world's nations must overcome in order to fight the flu." Also includes maps and images. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/vietnam/ Topics: Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Jan 4, 2009 HIV Data
Annual reports on global epidemic trends, "based on all available data, including surveys of pregnant women, population-based surveys, and other surveillance information." From the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases, Women's Health Last updated May 15, 2008 Influenza 1918
This site explores the influenza epidemic that killed more than 600,000 Americans and between 20 and 40 million people worldwide. Includes reflections about the pandemic and its epidemiology, a pathologist's analysis of whether the same type of devastation could occur again, a map showing the spreading of the disease in the U.S., audio files of interviews, a timeline, a teacher's guide, and the epidemic's effects on Boston, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Based on the 1998 PBS American Experience program. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases Last updated Oct 13, 2005 The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
"Known as 'Spanish Flu' or 'La Grippe' the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster." This site features an overview of this epidemic that started at the end of World War I, and information about the public health and scientific and medical responses. Includes photos, maps, and a bibliography. From an undergraduate at Stanford University, and overseen by a Stanford University professor. (Note: Some links to external sites are broken.) http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/uda/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Oct 13, 2005 John Snow
Devoted to Dr. John Snow, a prominent figure "in the history of public health, epidemiology and anesthesiology." Includes a biography, bibliography, photographs, maps of the 1854 London cholera outbreak studied by Snow, and full text of Snow's "On the Mode of Communication of Cholera." Also contains competing theories of the cause of cholera, and news on current worldwide cholera epidemics. From the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow.html Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Maps by Place, Notable People, Photograph Collections: Regional, Public Health & Safety, Scientific Themes Last updated Jun 21, 2004 Looking Beyond SARS
"NPR presents a five-part series on the world after SARS, examining such issues as the science behind detecting and treating the disease, to the response by health care workers on the front lines." Features audio clips of the programs, a fact sheet and timeline on SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), commentary, and links to related coverage from National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/news/specials/sars/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Oct 21, 2003 The Most Dangerous Woman in America
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Corporation (PBS) NOVA program about "Typhoid Mary" (Mary Mallon), "a cook who was quarantined for life against her will in the early 1900s" because she was a carrier of typhoid fever. The site features a historical analysis, a letter from Mary asking for her release, and a chronology of quarantine. Also includes an interactive epidemiology feature, program transcript, teacher's guide, bibliography, and links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/ Topics: Correspondence, Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Mar 28, 2005 National Comorbidity Survey (NCS)
"The baseline NCS ... [1990-1992] was the first nationally representative mental health survey in the U.S. to use a fully structured research diagnostic interview" to assess the prevalence of mental health disorders in the U.S. The NCS Replication survey (NCS-R) was released in June 2005. The site includes a bibliography of publications and a link to NCS data. (NCS-R data is scheduled to be available in 2006.) From the Harvard School of Medicine. http://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/ncs/ Topics: Disabilities, Diseases & Conditions, Health, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety, The Human Body Last updated Jun 8, 2005 ProMED-Mail (Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases)
The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases is a "global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases and toxins." ProMED-Mail serves as a central site for news, updates, and discussions of outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging diseases. The site also features discussion group announcements, recent recalls and alerts, links to maps of outbreaks, a FAQ, and related links. Available in several languages. A program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID). http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1000: Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Feb 26, 2008 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
The New York Times coverage of the medical syndrome SARS. Includes domestic and international news from current and archived articles, a forum, and links to key online resources. http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/sciencespecial/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases Last updated Jun 9, 2003 What's the Difference Between Seasonal Flu, Pandemic Flu, and Avian (Bird) Flu?
This fact sheet explains differences between three types of flu and provides general information abut the flu and flu virus characteristics. It also notes that the flu "is not the same as the common cold, nor is it related to what is commonly called the 'stomach flu.'" Additional flu information can be found through the left navigation menu on this page. From the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/Flu/understandingFlu/DefinitionsOverview.htm Topics: Infectious Diseases Last updated Nov 13, 2008 WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network
News, reports, and maps for the current international flu situation, plus country reports for past years. Includes links to national and international flu websites. From the World Health Organization (WHO). http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/surveillance/en/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Jun 14, 2007 WHO Report on Global Surveillance of Epidemic-prone Infectious Diseases
Detailed surveillance data, history, transmission, and characteristics of key diseases, including yellow fever, plague, cholera, meningococcal disease, dengue, influenza, African trypanosomiasis, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), and leishmaniasis. Includes explanations of public health surveillance methods. From the World Health Organization (WHO). http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/surveillance/WHO_CDS_CSR_ISR_2000_1/en/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Jul 30, 2005 World Health Organization: Zimbabwe
Background and updates about disease and other health topics in Zimbabwe. Provides situation reports and news about disease outbreaks and emergencies (such as cholera in 2008), statistics, and material about specific diseases and risk factors for the country (such as HIV/AIDS, child malnutrition, and child mortality). From the World Health Organization (WHO). http://www.who.int/countries/zwe/en/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Health, Public Health & Safety Last updated Dec 15, 2008 |
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