Public Health: Websites

The Centers for Disease Control contains a wealth of information. Try using the links towards the bottom of the home page labeled CDC for You to filter the resources by intended audience.

Medline Plus provides information about health, disease and medication in an easy to digest format. This site is a service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

Consumer health information from the Department of Health and Human Services.

The FDA website contains information about drugs, including regulations, clinical trials and lists of recently approved medications.

The website of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, drugabuse.gov provides information on all drugs of abuse. This information is aimed at health professionals as well as the general public. Try using the links across to filter the resources by intended audience.

The website for the National Cancer Institute provides a wealth of information about the various forms of cancer, as well as their treatment and prevention.

HIV.gov is a clearinghouse of information about AIDS/HIV from the various government health departments and agencies.

The website of the Mayo Clinic provides information on health, disease and wellness aimed the the consumer.

WebMD is a popular health/medical website with easy to understand information aimed at consumers.

The website of the Cleveland Clinic provides health information as well as podcasts, interactive tools and free physician-hosted web chats.