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What health-related issues are of interest right now? Here are just a few recent topics of interest and websites you may find useful:

Timely Issues

• CDC in the news
  • Update on West Nile Virus
• US Dept. of Health and Human Services Press Releases 1991-2003
• Smallpox
  • North Dakota holds first Smallpox vaccination clinic
    • State Health Department receives Smallpox vaccine
  • Number of MN healthcare workers vaccinated to date
  • Info from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services
• New! Smallpox and heart-related problems
• Vaccine status and adverse events
• Military Smallpox Vaccination Program
• Information on Live Viruses and Vaccinia
• If someone you are close to may be getting the vaccine...
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
  • SARS information from the CDC
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Possible SARS cases in Minnesota
    • SARS definition update reduces US cases by half
  • World Health Organization (WHO) SARS site
    • Updated list of world-wide cases of SARS
    • Dr. Carlo Urbani of the WHO dies of SARS
• MN Dept. of Health: Office of Emergency Preparedness
• ND Dept. of Health: Terrorism Information and Response

Travelers' Health

• Nat'l Center for Infectious Diseases, Travelers Health
• Travel.state.gov, The Bureau of Consular Affairs
• World Health Organization: International Travel and Health

Conferences

• Governor's Conference on Public Health, Des Moines, Iowa: first day to be webcast live
  • Conference agenda
  • Details
• CDC's 2003 Cancer Conference
• National Conference on Asthma 2003: Washington, D.C.
• Steps to a HealthierUS Summit: Baltimore, Maryland, 2004

Programs and Organizations

• Healthy Vision 2010
  • May was Healthy Vision Month!
    
  • National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health
• Healthy Campus 2002 Slide Show (best viewed with Internet Explorer)
• American College Health Association
• Find out more about the "Best Practice Initiative" from the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
• Cancer Progress Report 2001
• The National Alliance for Hispanic Health
• Buckle Up America

Women's Health

• WomenHeart, The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
• The National Women's Health Information Center

Men's Health

• Men's Health Information (CDC)
• Men's Health Network
• Men's Health Week

Other Articles and Topics of Interest

• Increase in syphilis cases in Minnesota--news release from
  Minnesota Department of Health
• Reported cases of chlamydia increase in North Dakota--released by the North Dakota Department of Health