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Visit our Inspection of Public Records Act page to learn how to request public records.

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Federal Government Resources

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US Department of State - J-1 Waiver Guide

Information 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.

USDA/APHIS - APHIS Recommendations for HPAI H5N1 Virus in Livestock

USDA/APHIS - Confirmed Cases HPAIDC (HPAI-A H5N1)

USDA/APHIS - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

USDA/APHIS - HPAIDC FAQ Factsheet

USDA/APHIS - HPAIDC FAQ Factsheet - SPANISH

USDA/APHIS - Testing Recommendations in Cattle

Using Repellent to Protect against Mosquito-Borne Illnesses

Insect 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

A 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

Vaccination 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 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

These 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

Monitoring 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

This page provides information about the most current influenza season.

Vaccine Storage & Handling Toolkit

This 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

This 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

Explains what vaccines are needed for all adults and which vaccines are optional.

Vaping Information for Healthcare Providers

As 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

Symptoms 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

This 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

The 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

Proper 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

Viral Hepatitis

Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer and the most common reason for liver transplantation.

Vital Records Reference by State

Provides a reference of where to obtain birth, death, marriage, or divorce records by state.

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System

An 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 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 CDC Does About Novel Flu: Outbreak Investigations

What is Syndromic Surveillance?

Overview of Syndromic Surveillance

What Vaccines are Recommended for You

Explains what vaccines you need based on your age, gender, profession, and other factors.

What’s the Air Quality Where I live?

EPA Air Quality Data

White House Report on Mental Health Research Priorities (2023)

Why Are Valved-Holding Chambers Important?

Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research

An 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

Work-Related Health & Safety Issues

Provides 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

World Health Organization (WHO) Frequently Asked Questions

Question and Answers about coronavirus

World Health Organization Mpox proclamation

World Tuberculosis Day

Each 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

The 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 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

This page contains a variety of resources on Zika virus for healthcare providers.

Zika Virus Information for Pregnant Women

Zika virus can be spread from a pregnant woman to her fetus and has been linked to a serious birth defect of the brain called microcephaly in babies of mothers who had Zika virus while pregnant. Other problems have been detected among fetuses and infants infected with Zika virus before birth, such as absent or poorly developed brain structures, defects of the eye, hearing deficits, and impaired growth.

Zika Virus Travel Information

This resource contains the latest Zika virus travel information.

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