Health and Medical Resources: Websites

Health United States is an annual report on trends in health statistics.

Provides data on morbidity, epidemiologic surveillance of infectious diseases, chronic diseases, occupational diseases and injuries, vaccine efficacy, and safety.

"ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world."

The principal agency that produces general-purpose health data. NCHS is responsible for the collection, maintenance, analysis, and dissemination of statistics on the nature and extent of the health, illness, and disability of the U.S. population; the impact of illness and disability on the economy; the effects of environmental, social, and other health hazards and health care costs and financing.

Supports research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), trains researchers in CAM, and disseminates information to the public and professionals on which CAM modalities work, which do not, and why.

"Healthfinder.gov has resources on a wide range of health topics selected from over 1,600 government and non-profit organizations to bring you the best, most reliable health information on the Internet."

This free data resource will help perform community health needs assessments, guide the development of community improvement plans, and much more. We invite you to browse the site, check out the dashboards, the maps, and take our feedback poll.