McGraw-Hill Education Offers Free Online Information on SARS

Responding to the urgent need for authoritative, up-to-date information on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), McGraw-Hill Professional, a division of McGraw-Hill Education, is making essential content freely available from its renowned online medical reference, Harrison's Online.

"As the leading publisher of medical resources, we feel it is our role to provide medical professionals and the public with timely, fact-based coverage of this family of viruses that has already caused the death of more than 800 people worldwide," said Mikael Engebretson, publisher of Harrison's Online.

By going to http://www.accessmedicine.com/ and clicking on the SARS link in the Resource Center, visitors will have complimentary access to relevant chapters and updates from the 15th Edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, the world's most prestigious medical reference, and AccessLange. In addition, there are links to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, MEDLINEplus, and other key resources. "We are offering instant access to a vast array of facts, figures, statistics, and research summaries from the world's most reliable sources," added Engebretson.

"We have a proud history of meeting the world's medical information needs during times of crisis -- this is just the latest instance," explained Engebretson. In the recent past, McGraw-Hill has offered free access to information on Smallpox, West Nile Virus, and Bioterrorism.

Harrison's Online http://www.harrisonsonline.com/ is the most authoritative online reference available to the medical community and the only internal medicine reference to provide extensive daily updates and clinical trials to the healthcare community. Harrison's is published by McGraw-Hill Education and part of the highly-acclaimed AccessMedicine.com suite of medical references.

McGraw-Hill Education is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's, BusinessWeek and McGraw-Hill Education. The Corporation has more than 350 offices in 33 countries. Sales in 2002 were $4.8 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/.

SOURCE: McGraw-Hill Education

CONTACT: April Hattori of McGraw-Hill Education,
+1-212-904-2078, april_hattori@mcgraw-hill.com

Web site: http://www.accessmedicine.com/
http://www.mheducation.com/
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/
http://www.harrisonsonline.com/