Link of the Month

Each month we highlight an Internet, USENET Special Interest Group (SIG), or similar mailing list(s) or Website(s).

Since the items we highlight here almost always have some sort of Web component these days, and sometimes ONLY have a Web component, this feature will henceforth be called "Link of the Month," rather than "List of the Month." -- Ed."

The way things are going these days, it probably wouldn't hurt to bookmark this site (http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/default.htm) and check it on a regular basis. Besides the more mundane things one might expect from such a site (birth/death records, grants, funding, laws . . . ), there is now a section called "Bioterrorism Preparedness." This area currently has three sub-areas:

• TDH News Release: Guidelines for Handling Letters, Packages -- Contains:

  • Steps for handling a suspicious unopened letter or package.

  • Steps to follow if powder from a suspicious envelope or package has spilled out.

  • Instructions for incidents where aerosolization of a biological agent is suspected.

• TDH Bioterrorism Web Page -- Educational Site, contains fact sheets, FAQs.

• TDH Bioterrorism Radio News Release -- Just like it's name implies.