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American
Society for Microbiology*
The oldest and largest single life science membership organization in
the world
Division
Y: Public Health*
Division Y serves members with a primary interest in public health
practice and infectious diseases. Involves the contributions of microbiology
to surveillance, epidemic investigations, and other public health
activities
Council
of State and Territorial Epidemiologists*
Surveillance and epidemiology of infectious diseases, chronic diseases
and conditions, and environmental health concerns
Healthfinder.gov*
Your free guide to reliable health information. A service of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
NASA
Center for Health Applications of Aerospace Related Technologies (CHAART)*
CHAART has been established by NASA's Life Sciences Division, within the
Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications to support the
science, application, education, and technology development goals and
objectives of the agency
National
CFIDS Foundation*
The goals of the foundation are to help fund medical research to expedite
a treatment and eventual cure, to provide information, education, and
support to those people who have myalgic encephalopathy and related illnesses,
including Gulf War illness
National
Foundation for Infectious Diseases*
Supports research into the causes, cures, and prevention of infectious
diseases, provides grants and fellowships, and conducts educational seminars
and awareness campaigns on the topic
National
Institutes of Health (NIH)*
The federal focal point for medical research in the U.S. Is one of eight
health agencies of the Public Health Service. The goal of NIH research
is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat
disease and disability
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Pan
American Health Organization*
An international public health agency working to improve health and living
standards of the countries of the Americas. The specialized organization
for health of the Inter-American System; the Regional Office for the Americas
of the World Health Organization
World
Health Organization*
Public health organization with myriad resources and information on health
in the Americas. The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples
of the highest possible level of health
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