federal and state organizations

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Description: CDC official site. Provides data, statistics, travelers' health advisories, and publications, software and other products available from CDC.

Food and Drug Administration

Site: www.fda.gov/

Description: Up-to-date information on human and animal drugs, medical devices, approved drug products, food initiatives, cosmetics. Links to a Drug Master File, search engines, etc.

Health Care Financing Administration: Stats & Data

Site: www.hcfa.gov/stats/stats.htm

Description: Current national Medicare/Medicaid statistics, data on HCFA demonstration projects, laws, regulations, research.

New York State Department of Health

Site: www.health.state.ny.us

Description: Information for consumes and health providers, directories, health and research data. Links to NYS government resources.