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CDC Health Topics A-Z
Links to information about public health and disease from the Centers for Disease Control.
County Health Rankings
Provides county health rankings for each state. The County Health Rankings are a component of the Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) project, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Data.gov
A portal for all sorts of statistical data from federal Web sites.
Food and Nutrition Information Center
From the National Agricultural Library, this site contains information on food safety, dietary guidelines, USDA reports and more.
Health, United States
Annual report on trends in health statistics. Published by the National Center for Health Statistics.
National Center for Health Statistics
A wealth of data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control. Click on FastStats for health statistics by topic.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.
National Institutes of Mental Health
Part of the National Institutes of Health; an excellent site for current research.
Nutrition.gov
A portal to government information on nutrition, food safety, dietary guidelines, and more.
World Health Organization
The arm of the United Nations that deals with global health issues.

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