Guides: Alumni Resources for Health Care: Government Resources

Government Agencies & Information Web Sites

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Provides access to two CDC online journals: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Formerly the Health Care Financing Administration.
Department of Health and Human Services
The U.S. government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, including health and social science research, Medicare, Medicaid, and financial assistance and services for low-income families.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA protects the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
Healthy People 2020
Full text of the government's health promotion plan, with links to related sites.
National Academies
The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council (NRC) cooperate to provide up-to-date information for the public about science, technology, and health policy issues within their mandates. Includes free full-text of thousands of e-books published by the National Academies Press.
National Cancer Institute
Overviews of cancer types, plus information on clinical trials and cancer topics.
National Health Information Center
A health information referral service, the NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers.
National Institute on Aging
Leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The NIH is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research and is comprised of 27 institutes and centers.
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
The world's largest biomedical library, the NLM acts as a supplemental resource after local, regional, and other national resources have been contacted.
Science.gov
A gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies including research and development results.
Tri-County Health Department: Annual Reports
World Health Organization
The United Nations specialized agency for health.

Government Resources

govinfo
The gateway to documents published by the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the government. Search or browse for publications including Supreme Court decisions, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Congressional bills and debates, United States Statutes, the Federal Budget, and the Economic Report of the President, among many others.