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Please contact: L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP
401-222-7885

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Anthrax Information and Advisories

First Responders

Environmental Test Results for Anthrax
updated December 23, 2003
What constitutes a suspicious letter or parcel?
from the United States Postal Service

General Information About Anthrax 2001
en Español

Children and Anthrax: A Fact Sheet for Parents
from the CDC November 7, 2001

If You have been Exposed to a Suspect Powder
October 24, 2001

What is the Health Department Doing
Status Report #4
Status Report #3
Status Report #2
Status Report #1

Children and Anthrax: A Fact Sheet for Clinicians
from the CDC November 7, 2001

Clinical Anthrax November 8, 2001

Protecting Investigators Performing Environmental Sampling for Bacillus anthracis: Personal Protective Equipment
CDC Advisory: November 7, 2001

Recommended Procedures for Response to Potential Biological Agents from the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency
October 16, 2001

FOR GENERAL HEALTH RELATED INQUIRIES ABOUT BIOTERRORISM
Please feel free to contact the Rhode Island Department of Health Family Health Information Line at 1 800 942-7434
(M-F 8:30 am - 4:30 pm)

For more information on current national events and advisories, go to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website at www.bt.cdc.gov.

Highlights

Public health emergencies:
What you can do to prepare

Differential Diagnoses of Selected Agents of Bioterrorism
A review of selected agents for physicians. July 21, 2004

Medical Emergency Distribution System (MEDS) Products and Tools

Bioterrorism Program
Report March 2004

Important Information about Bioterrorism from the Department of Health

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