Federal Government Resources
Links to federal government agency and organization websites.
Updated 2019 Recommendations for Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of U.S. Health Care Personnel
Updated 2019 Recommendations for Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of U.S. Health Care PersonnelUpdated 2019 Recommendations for Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of U.S. Health Care Personnel |
Updated 2020 Guidelines for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Updated 2020 Guidelines for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis InfectionUpdated 2020 Guidelines for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection |
US Department of Health and Human Services – Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response – Technical Resources/Assistance Center/Information Exchange (ASPR TRACIE)
US Department of Health and Human Services – Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response – Technical Resources/Assistance Center/Information Exchange (ASPR TRACIE)Brought to you by HHS ASPR, the Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE) was created to meet the information and technical assistance needs of regional ASPR staff, healthcare coalitions, healthcare entities, healthcare providers, emergency managers, public health practitioners, and others working in disaster medicine, healthcare system preparedness, and public health emergency preparedness. |
US Department of State - J-1 Waiver Guide
US Department of State - J-1 Waiver GuideInformation on the Waiver of the Exchange Visitor Two-Year Home-Country Physical Presence Requirement can be found on this page of the US Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs website. |
US HHS Exchange Visitor Program
US HHS Exchange Visitor ProgramUS HHS Exchange Visitor Program |
USDA/APHIS - APHIS Recommendations for HPAI H5N1 Virus in Livestock
USDA/APHIS - APHIS Recommendations for HPAI H5N1 Virus in LivestockUSDA/APHIS - APHIS Recommendations for HPAI H5N1 Virus in Livestock |
USDA/APHIS - Confirmed Cases HPAIDC (HPAI-A H5N1)
USDA/APHIS - Confirmed Cases HPAIDC (HPAI-A H5N1)USDA/APHIS - Confirmed Cases HPAIDC (HPAI-A H5N1) |
USDA/APHIS - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
USDA/APHIS - Highly Pathogenic Avian InfluenzaUSDA/APHIS - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza |
USDA/APHIS - HPAIDC FAQ Factsheet
USDA/APHIS - HPAIDC FAQ FactsheetUSDA/APHIS - HPAIDC FAQ Factsheet |
USDA/APHIS - HPAIDC FAQ Factsheet - SPANISH
USDA/APHIS - HPAIDC FAQ Factsheet - SPANISHUSDA/APHIS - HPAIDC FAQ Factsheet - SPANISH |
USDA/APHIS - Testing Recommendations in Cattle
USDA/APHIS - Testing Recommendations in CattleUSDA/APHIS - Testing Recommendations in Cattle |
Using Repellent to Protect against Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
Using Repellent to Protect against Mosquito-Borne IllnessesInsect repellents registered by the EPA can be expected to repel these mosquitoes, provided the EPA-approved labeling says the product is for use to protect against mosquitoes in general or against Aedes mosquitoes in particular. |
Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System
Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting SystemA national vaccine safety surveillance program co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. |
Vaccine Coverage in the United States
Vaccine Coverage in the United StatesVaccination coverage - that is, estimates of the number of people who have received particular vaccines - is measured at national, state, and local levels. This page of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website provides information about National Immunization Survey (which is an ongoing survey of coverage over a specific period of time) with data about Children, Adolescents/Teens, and Adults. |
Vaccine Information Statements
Vaccine Information StatementsVaccine Information Statements are information sheets produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that explain both the benefits and risks of a vaccine to vaccine recipients. |
Vaccine Resources to Share with Parents
Vaccine Resources to Share with ParentsThese materials, most optimized for office printers, provide information to help parents better understand their children’s vaccines. Share with your patients’ parents and caregivers. |
Vaccine Safety
Vaccine SafetyMonitoring health problems after vaccination is essential to ensure the United States continues to have the safest, most effective vaccine supply in history. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Immunization Safety Office identifies possible vaccine side effects and conducts studies to determine whether a health problem is caused by a specific vaccine. |
Vaccine Selection for the Influenza Season
Vaccine Selection for the Influenza SeasonThis page provides information about the most current influenza season. |
Vaccine Storage & Handling Toolkit
Vaccine Storage & Handling ToolkitThis toolkit document found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website provides vaccine storage and handling best practices (including monitoring and transportation tips, and other related information). |
Vaccines Federal Information Gateway
Vaccines Federal Information GatewayThis website is the federal gateway to information on vaccines and immunization for infants, children, teenagers, adults, and seniors. It provides resources from federal agencies for the general public and their communities about vaccines across the lifespan. |
Vaccines You Need as an Adult
Vaccines You Need as an AdultExplains what vaccines are needed for all adults and which vaccines are optional. |
Vaping Information for Healthcare Providers
Vaping Information for Healthcare ProvidersAs this investigation continues, CDC encourages clinicians to report possible lung injury cases of e-cigarette or vaping-associated lung injury to their local or state health departmentexternal icon for further investigation. |
Vaping Information for the Public
Vaping Information for the PublicSymptoms of Lung Injury Reported by Some Patients in This Outbreak: Patients in this investigation have reported the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain; nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea; fatigue, fever, or abdominal pain. Some patients have reported that their symptoms developed over a few days, while others have reported that their symptoms developed over several weeks. A lung infection does not appear to be causing the symptoms. |
Vaping-Related Lung Injury Interim Guidelines
Vaping-Related Lung Injury Interim GuidelinesThis is an update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Evaluating and Caring for Patients with Suspected E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use Associated Lung Injury — United States, October 2019. |
Veterans Crisis Line
Veterans Crisis LineThe Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring Department of Veterans Affairs responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text. |
VFC Vaccine Storage and Handling Guidelines
VFC Vaccine Storage and Handling GuidelinesProper vaccine storage and handling practices play a very important role in protecting individuals and communities from vaccine-preventable diseases. |
Video: How to Use your Asthma Inhaler
Video: How to Use your Asthma InhalerVideo: How to Use your Asthma Inhaler |
Viral Hepatitis
Viral HepatitisViral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer and the most common reason for liver transplantation. |
Vital Records Reference by State
Vital Records Reference by StateProvides a reference of where to obtain birth, death, marriage, or divorce records by state. |
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting SystemAn interactive, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death, and cost of injury data from a variety of trusted sources. Researchers, the media, public health professionals, and the public can use Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System data to learn more about the public health and economic burden associated with unintentional and violence-related injury in the United States. |
West Nile Virus
West Nile VirusWest Nile virus is most commonly transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. You can reduce your risk of being infected by using insect repellent and wearing protective clothing to prevent mosquito bites. |
What Are the Different Types of Asthma Medications?
What Are the Different Types of Asthma Medications?What Are the Different Types of Asthma Medications? |
What CDC Does About Novel Flu: Outbreak Investigations
What CDC Does About Novel Flu: Outbreak InvestigationsWhat CDC Does About Novel Flu: Outbreak Investigations |
What is Syndromic Surveillance?
What is Syndromic Surveillance?Overview of Syndromic Surveillance |
What Vaccines are Recommended for You
What Vaccines are Recommended for YouExplains what vaccines you need based on your age, gender, profession, and other factors. |
What’s the Air Quality Where I live?
What’s the Air Quality Where I live?EPA Air Quality Data |
White House Report on Mental Health Research Priorities (2023)
White House Report on Mental Health Research Priorities (2023)White House Report on Mental Health Research Priorities (2023) |
Why Are Valved-Holding Chambers Important?
Why Are Valved-Holding Chambers Important?Why Are Valved-Holding Chambers Important? |
Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research
Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic ResearchAn easy-to-use, menu-driven system that makes the information resources of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention available to public health professionals and the public at large. It provides access to a wide array of public health information. |
Wildfire Smoke and COVID-19
Wildfire Smoke and COVID-19Wildfire Smoke and COVID-19 |
Work-Related Health & Safety Issues
Work-Related Health & Safety IssuesProvides information, resources and links to help clinicians provide care for workers. Topics include evaluating occupational exposures, requirements for record keeping and medical records, and setting up a safe outpatient office. |
Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act
Workforce Innovation and Opportunities ActWorkforce Innovation and Opportunities Act |
World Health Organization (WHO) Frequently Asked Questions
World Health Organization (WHO) Frequently Asked QuestionsQuestion and Answers about coronavirus |
World Health Organization Mpox proclamation
World Health Organization Mpox proclamationWorld Health Organization Mpox proclamation |
World Tuberculosis Day
World Tuberculosis DayEach year, we recognize World Tuberculosis Day on March 24. This annual event commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes tuberculosis. |
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Youth Risk Behavior SurveyThe Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System monitors six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults. |
Zika Virus Information
Zika Virus InformationZika virus is spread to people through mosquito bites. The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes). The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting from several days to a week. Severe disease requiring hospitalization is uncommon. |
Zika Virus Information for Healthcare Providers
Zika Virus Information for Healthcare ProvidersThis page contains a variety of resources on Zika virus for healthcare providers. |