The North Dakota Department of Health’s disease control division provides information sheets on several diseases ranging from the little-known Kawasaki Syndrome to Viral Hepatitis.  More than 150 fact sheets are provided on the web site to help ND citizens know what they’re dealing with and how to cope with situations of disease.

While browsing through the site a few days ago, I came across one tidbit of information that took me completely by surprise.  I clicked on a link to Woolsorter’s disease because I was curious about the name and discovered that Woolsorter’s disease is the same thing as Anthrax. 

After a few minutes of processing that information (and resolving to never take up sheep-shearing’, although that probably doesn’t have much to do with it), I realized how grateful I was to have access to that information.  Thanks to the people working at the North Dakota Department of Health, both for the surprising education and for the well-organized resources they post online.