An incredibly helpful site created by the Harvard School of Public Health. Provides many links to research, policy reports and a wealth of practical assessment tools. Almost everything is full text.
This site is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. It provides data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators.
Created by Harvard University Library’s Open Collection Program, this site provides information on worldwide diseases and epidemics, organized by significant episodes of major outbreaks.
This site reviews news stories that make therapeutic claims. The journalists and medical professionals behind the site strive to increase accuracy and help consumers evaluate news about health care.
This statewide network of local partnerships addresses health and safety issues at the community level. Contains excellent information, including community health assessments of each North Carolina county.
This site describes a comprehensive set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives developed through the collaboration of numerous scientists in both government and non-government organizations.
This organization describes itself as “the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.” Their Web site offers a wide array of information.
The Surgeon General is the chief health educator for the United States. The site provides excellent reports and resources on national public health priorities.
This is the principal federal agency for protecting the health of Americans. This agency oversees the work of numerous other federal health organizations, including NIH, CDC and FDA to name a few.