Useful Information and Resources
For the Public
- CDC: Hurricanes and Other Tropical Storms
- CDC: Mosquitoes, Hurricanes and Flooding
- CDC: Personal Hygiene During an Emergency
- Guide to Open Pharmacies: Healthcare Ready, created by PhRMA, offers a free, interactive map, RxOpen, to show open and closed pharmacies in regions affected by hurricanes. Citizens and first responders can use this map as an initial resource and should call their pharmacy to ensure their specific medication is in stock.
For Providers
- CDC: Clinical Guidance for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After a Disaster
- CDC: Medical Management and Patient Advisement After a Disaster
- CDC: Hurricane Recovery Webinar
- CDC: Natural Disasters, Severe Weather and COVID-19 (archived)
- CDC: Hurricanes and COVID-19 (archived)
- IDSA: Tetanus in Areas Affected by a Hurricane: Risk, Prevention and Management Guidelines for Clinicians
- Clinicalinfo.HIV.gov: Guidance for Non-HIV Specialized Providers Caring for Persons With HIV Who Have Been Displaced by Disasters (such as a Hurricane)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Information on health tips for children during flood recovery
Journal Articles
- The Infectious and Noninfectious Dermatological Consequences of Flooding: A Field Manual for the Responding Provider (American Journal of Clinical Dermatology)
- Rodent-Borne Infectious Disease Outbreaks After Flooding Disasters: Epidemiology, Management and Prevention (American Journal of Disaster Medicine)
- Health Risks of Flood Disasters (Clinical Infectious Diseases)
- Wind, Rain, Flooding and Fear: Coordinating Military Public Health in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (Clinical Infectious Diseases)
- Widespread Outbreak of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Among Evacuees of Hurricane Katrina Residing in a Large “Megashelter” in Houston, Texas: Lessons Learned for Prevention (Clinical Infectious Diseases)
- Infectious Diseases of Severe Weather-Related and Flood-Related Natural Disasters (Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases)