Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CDC Link for clinicians
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA (MCHB)
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP/HHS)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

Behavioral Risk Factor and Surveillance System (CDC) - State data, publications, and training on the world's largest telephone survey, which tracks health risks in the U.S.
Child Trends DataBank - up-to-date data and research on over 70 indicators of child and youth well-being.
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/ - Confidentiality and Privacy - The public comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for "Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information" and the NPRM itself are available from the HHS administrative simplification website .
Data Skills Online - Includes self-instructional, Web-based analytic and technical tools that have been developed to train state and local public health professionals in skills that can be applied on demand on the job for working with population-based data, developing and reporting measures for the Title V Block Grant application, monitoring and evaluating progress on specific program activities, and developing strategies to meet the needs of the MCH population.
Finding and Using Health Statistics: A Self-Study Course - The National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) of the National Library of Medicine has added this distance learning program to its Web site.  This course will provide librarians, health services researchers, and public health professionals with some basic concepts for understanding health statistics, as well as pointing to some invaluable Internet portals.
Health Care Informatics - Standards and quality information from the Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium - The Consortium works with hospitals, government planners, employers, purchasers, labor, HMOs, insurers and academic researchers to produce reports relating to: the health status of the population, marketing and planning of health services, the socioeconomic characteristics of the population, community needs, health facilities, services and manpower, and private and public sector health insurance plans.  A good resource for health data tools and reports and information on health data standards issues.
MCH Analytic Skills Online is a cooperative agreement with the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).  Located at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Center for the Advancement of Distance Education (CADE), the project uses internet-based technologies to develop and disseminate analytic skills training for maternal and child health (MCH) and children with special health care needs (CSHCN) professionals.
PeriStats - An interactive perinatal data resource from the March of Dimes.  Search for free state and county perinatal statistics, complete with graphs, tables, and more.
State Health Facts Online  - Searchable state heath data comparisons and individual state profiles for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  Includes state demographic data and indicators in areas such as health status, insurance coverage, CHIP, health budgets, minority health, health providers, and service use.  A Kaiser Family Foundation product.
StatePublicHealth.org  - A product of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and ASTHO affiliates designed to facilitate the dissemination of basic state-based public health information.Users can search all state health agency web sites by keyword, or query state health agency profiles on topics such as agency responsibilities, governance, and required qualifications of officials.

The Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) works to prevent the development and use of biological weapons, to catalyze advances in science and governance that diminish the power of biological weapons as agents of mass lethality, and to lessen the human suffering that would result if prevention fails.
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy - Links to agents of bioterrorism, original clinical information, and additional links (University of Minnesota).
CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response - Contains bioterrorism fact sheets, guidelines, notification protocols, news, Frequently Asked Questions, links, and more.  Includes information about CDC roles and national programs such as the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile and the Health Alert Network. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - Office of National Preparedness:

Assessing Roles, Responsibilities, and Activities in a Managed Care Environment: A Workbook for Local Health Officials - Available from the federal Agency for Health Care and Quality (AHRQ).  It offers a step-by-step guide to assessing, analyzing, and implementing successful health department programs at the local level. The workbook guides readers through the process of developing a strategic plan for their local health department, including sections on cataloging the LHD's current mission statement, activities and capabilities; determining managed care-related changes taking place at community, state and federal levels, and identifying new approaches and opportunities for carrying out core public health services.

Product Safety Review - The Consumer Product Safety Commission produces this quarterly publication, which provides national consumer product-related injury and death data, consumer product research activities and emerging hazard studies and the latest product recalls.  To order, go to "Publications" at the CPSC's web site or call 202-512-1800.

Office of Defects and Investigations - This site was developed to engage the population in identifying safety problems in motor vehicles, tires, and other equipment such as child safety seats.

National Food Safety & Toxicology Center - Is food poisoning the problem?  Visit the RUsick2 Forum to share and compare your food history and look for common food sources.

Partnership for Food Safety Education - This site provides educational materials on safe food-handling practices to reduce foodborne illnesses.

BSE - Step-by-step breast self-examination (BSE) instructions are now available through the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's virtual BSE program at www.komen.org/bse.  BSE instruction is provided through video animation, audio clips and written directions in both English and Spanish.