Government Sites Related to Medicine

Go to internet resources beginning with the letter:

• Administration on Aging (AoA) - Includes information on:
  • Older Americans Act Reauthorization
  • Aging Network
  • Eldercare Locator
  • Statistical Information on Older Persons
  • National Aging Information Center
• AIDS Fact Sheet
• Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) - Bureau of Primary Health Care lists information on the Health Care for the Homeless Program, the Migrant Health Program, HIV early intervention services, and other specialized "safety net" grant programs.
• Bureau of the Census - Offers health statistics from several sources. Use the Subject A-Z menu to find health topics such as aging, fertility, health insurance, etc.
• California Department of Health Services - Background information on the California Department of Health Services and its agencies. The site also lists press releases, DHS Fact Sheets, and CDC Disease Fact Sheets.
• California Department of Industrial Relations - This site covers Occupational Health and Safety boards, commissions, publications, an ergonomics proposal, labor laws, statistics, research, etc.
• California Health Information for Policy Project -- CHIPP - This agency provides information on future health information systems in California and has produced the California Health Database Inventory, which contains descriptive information on over 125 databases currently maintained by 10 health and welfare agencies, programs, or departments.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Covers travelers health information, the latest disease outbreaks and vaccine recommendations; complete information about the CDC including funding, statistics, and publications.
  • 1998 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Department of Health and Human Services - Provides information on the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), consumer information, descriptions of DHHS agencies and links to these agencies. The What's New section covers current news items and the site has searching capabilities.
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Has up to date drug information, food labeling laws and information on medical devices. This site also has access to the code of Federal Regulations which is searchable.
• Health Resources and Services Administration - Covers health manpower statistics, hospital facilities information, etc.
• HIV/AIDS Resources
• Indian Health Service - An agency of Public Health Service.
• Internet FDA - This government produced site covers foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices. Information is linked under such categories as FDA News, Foods, Human Drugs, Biologics, Medical Devices/Radiological Health, Animal Drugs, Cosmetics, Field Operations/Imports, and Toxicology. The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) provides the FDA Drug Approvals List and regulatory guidelines. Mirror Site.
• National Center for Biotechnology Information - Includes:
  • GenBank
  • NCBI Newsletter
  • Gene Map of the Human Genome
  • Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
  • Database of Expressed Sequence Tags
  • UniGene: Unique Human Gene Sequence Collection
  • Molecular Modelling Database
  • Human/Mouse Homology Maps
  • Entrez Search System
  • BLAST Sequence Similarity Searching, etc.
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Home Page
• National Library of Medicine
• Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment - This California EPA site provides full text of Risk Assessment documents, the Toxics Directory, California Cancer Potency Factors, as well as other documents and agency information.
• Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development - One of the 12 departments fo the California Health and Welfare Agency. Provides contact and program information, including e-mail contacts. Also provides definitions of various state health occupations.
• Oregon Health Plan Policy and Research - Covers the Oregon Health Plan and priority list for healthcare services.
• PREVLINE: Prevention Online
• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Department of Health and Human Services)
• United Nations International Drug Control Programme
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). See Internet FDA.
• WHO Report On The Tuberculosis Epidemic 1997 - Covers the DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course) system of treatment for TB.
• World Health Organization - Includes the Weekly Epidemiological Record, the Statistical Information System, World Health Report, and International Travel and Health.