• Maryland DHMH Infectious Disease and Environmental Health Administration

There are two major types of influenza viruses:

• Type A generally causes the most severe symptoms
• Type B causes symptoms similar to Type A, but usually less severe.

• www.healthfinder.gov
  This award winning Federal web site has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. The site has a library, online checkups and is also in En Espanol.

 Other Health-Related Web Sites:

• HERE for Free Guidance for Consumers on Prescription Medications
• State Pharmacy Assistance Programs

• Directory of Maryland State Health Departments
• List of State and County Government Telephone Numbers

• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
• Consumer Nutrition Testing Lab
• CDC National Prevention Information Network
• CDC Flu information
• Maryland Poison Center
• HIV Insite
• Pain Management Web Sites
• Johns Hopkins AIDS Services
• Institute of Human Virology (UMMS)
• Naltional Center for HIV,STD and TB Prevention
• The HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service
• The Daily HIV Briefing
• JAMA HIV-AIDS Site
• Medbank of Maryland
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Medscape (formerly Health Communications Group)
• University of Maryland, Center for Substance Abuse Research
• Consumer Reports on Prescription Medications