The WVBPH website provides information on vital records, community and rural health services, environmental standards, epidemiology, licensing and certification, emergency care system, threat preparedness and family health in the state of West Virginia.

The World Health Organization answers the top twenty questions about genetically modified (GM) foods. This resource provides information about what GM foods are, why they are produced, how they are regulated, and potential effects on humans and the environment. This resource offers an excellent introduction to GM foods, as well as links to more in- …

This Medscape site features “Resources Centers” on numerous topics including: addiction, depression, geriatrics, hepatitis C, sports medicine, etc. Other resources here include continuing medical education, conference coverage, patient education, library of free journals, and discussion boards.

Comprehensive information on preventing disease, maintaining a healthy diet, exercise, and much more!

“Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.”

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report is a CDC publication which includes provisional data “based on weekly reports to CDC by state health departments.”

From the CDC’s NCIPC website: “The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) works?? to reduce morbidity, disability, mortality, and costs associated with injuries.” Information available on this site includes: injury fact sheets, the Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS), injury maps, and downloadable …

The CDC WONDER–Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research– homepage states, “WONDER provides a single point of access to a wide variety of reports and numeric public health data.” This includes 40 text-based and numeric databases. Public-use available datasets available on WONDER include information on, “mortality (deaths), cancer incid …

According to the BRFSS, “The BRFSS, the world?s largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States. Information from the survey is used to improve the health of the American people.” The surveys track behavioral patterns that have negative health consequences.

NCHS is the Federal Government’s principal vital and health statistics agency.

Professor at the Duke Center for Health Policy maintains this web portal which is intended for the U.S. health policy community, media and general public. It includes five components: What’s What In Health Policy, Who’s Who in Health Policy, Area Health Profiles/Comparisons, Health Policy Reference Desk, and Key Health Policy Issues.

The National Center for Biotechnology Information’s Bookshelf “provides free access to over 700 texts in life science and healthcare,” all of which are authored and edited by medical professionals. Users can browse, retrieve, and read Bookshelf’s content, as well as discover related information and research.

The DHHS website provides information on vital records, health statistics, child care and child support resources, disease control information, environmental health and licenses and certifications in the state of New Hampshire.

The ADH website provides information on vital records, environmental standards, health standards, data and research, veteran’s affairs, disease and injury prevention in the state of Arkansas.

Provides information on vital records, public health statistics and data, emergency planning and preparedness, the MassHealth insurance program and other programs offered through the Office of Health and Human Services in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

A site sponsored by Nolo Press that categorizes and makes searchable different consumer products and goods that have had recall warnings.

The WDHS website provides information on vital records, health programs and services, health care providers, prescription drug savings, disability determination, filing public complaints and licensing and certifications in the state of Wisconsin.

The WHOSIS Web site (WHO Statistical Information System) provides core health statistics and epidemiological data as well as information presently available in the World Health Organization. More than 70 indicators, along with their definitions, can be accessed via a quick search.

“Using information from scientific sources and regulatory agencies, Scorecard provides listings of the chemicals that can cause cancer, harm the immune system, contribute to birth defects, or lead to any of nine other types of health impacts. Chemicals whose health hazards are widely recognized by authoritative scientific organizations are separate …

Part of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, this site promotes worldwide health communication in the area of reproductive health. Find over 450 reproductive health, population and development organizations; the POPLINE database of citations on population, family planning, and related health information; and full text articles on th …