" The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health sciences and to a lesser degree in such areas as chemistry, physics, botany and zoology. The collections stand at 5 million items--books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs and images. Housed within the Library is one of the world's finest medical history collections of old (pre-1914) and rare medical texts, manuscripts, and incunabula."

CHID is a database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources.

" Medicare.gov is a consumer beneficiary Website that provides access to information about Medicare, Medicare health plans, contact information and publications, as well as information about health care fraud and abuse and nursing homes."

" Healthfinder® is a free guide to reliable general health information, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."

" ... conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. For more than 50 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world.
The scope of the NIAID research portfolio has expanded considerably in recent years in response to new challenges such as: - bioterrorism - emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases including: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)- severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) - West Nile virus - malaria - tuberculosis
the increase in asthma prevalence among children in this country " ... more

" ... The U.S. food safety system is based on strong, flexible, and science-based federal and state laws and industry's legal responsibility to produce safe foods.
Federal, state, and local authorities have complementary and interdependent food safety roles in regulating food and food processing facilities.
The system is guided by the following principles: (1) only safe and wholesome foods may be marketed; (2) regulatory decision-making in food safety is science-based; (3) the government has enforcement responsibility; (4) manufacturers, distributors, importers and others are expected to comply and are liable if they do not; and (5) the regulatory process is transparent and accessible to the public.
As a result, the U.S. system has high levels of public confidence. " ... more

" The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is a section within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Response Division, Operations Branch, and has the responsibility for managing and coordinating the Federal medical response to major emergencies and Federally declared disasters including:

Natural Disasters

Technological Disasters

Major Transportation Accidents

Acts of Terrorism including Weapons of Mass Destruction Events

Working in partnership with the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Defense (DoD), and Veterans Affairs (VA), the NDMS Section serves as the lead Federal agency for medical response under the National Response Plan." ... more