Health Sciences

Custom Google search of institutions that generate public policy research, analysis, and activity. Includes more than 1200 university, government, advocacy group, foundation, and non-governmental organization websites. Maintained by Harvard Library and Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Official website of the CDC, a U.S. federal agency dedicated to protecting the public's health. Operates under the oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Official website of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the federal agency responsible for enhancing the enhance the health and well-being of all Americans.

Official website of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a federal agency responsible for ensuring the safety of drugs, biological products and medical devices, the food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.

Official website of the National Library of Medicine, the medical library of the U.S. federal government. Offers information resources in areas such as biomedical literature, health data standards, and the history of medicine.

Official website of the European Medicines Agency, a branch of the European Union roughly equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Responsible for the evaluation and supervision of medicines within the E.U.

Official website of the World Health Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for international public health. Features both quantitative and qualitative data on a myriad of health policy topics.

Official website of the American Public Health Association, a professional organization for public health professionals in the U.S.

Website that presents historical research data related to unwarranted disparities in health care access and use in the U.S. Maintained by The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Dartmouth College.

Official website of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit organization that performs research, analysis and polling on U.S. health policy issues.

Website offering extensive research on access to health care and state and federal health policy. Includes a tool for comparing health care data across states.

Website offering basic information about more than 7,000 hospitals nationwide. Offers a profile search tool that can be used to compare characteristics between different hospitals.

Website offering medical reference information covering thousands of topics across all fields of medicine. Available for free in both professional and consumer versions.