MedlinePlus: Drugs, Herbs, and Supplements (National Library of Medicine, NIH)
Information on prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines, and dietary supplements and herbal remedies.
Union of International Associations NOTE: Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students
Current details of international non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations, including names and biographical information of presidents, general secretaries, and other officers.
California: California Health Interview Survey State and local data on hundreds of health topics. Run a customized search using AskCHIS, review publications and data summaries, and more.
United States: FastStats A to Z (CDC)
Quick access to public health statistics organized alphabetically. Includes links to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.
International:
Global Health Observatory: Country Profiles (WHO)
The main health data and statistics for each country, including descriptive and analytical summaries of health indicators for major health topics.
American Factfinder (US Census)
Get a Fact Sheet for your community using a zip code, city, town, or county. Demographic, income, housing characteristics, and more.
US EPA Zip Code Search Information on hazardous waste sites, toxic releases, facility enforcement/compliance history, air pollution, and cleanup activities.
Death Profiles by Zip Code (CA Dept of Public Health)
Generalized cause of death by age and zip code for California.
Data and Statistics (CA Dept of Education)
Data on school enrollment, non-English language learners, free lunch numbers, teacher data, class size, and much more.
Index to Current Urban Documents NOTE: Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students.
Local government publications (citations and full text) from over 500 cities and counties in the U.S. and Canada. The core of the collection are fiscal (budgets and financial reports) and architecture and planning documents (city, county and regional plans). The Index also provides information for all urban-related issues, from hazardous waste disposal to arts in the community.
Network for a Healthy California GIS Map Viewer (CA Dept of Public Health)
An interactive system to view and query mapped nutrition data. The application contains nutrition and other health related data, including nutrition and school health programs, grocery stores and other local nutrition resources, demographics (race and spoken language) of general and at-risk populations.
Communication Abstracts NOTE: Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students.
Articles, reports, papers and books covering communication literature in subjects such as health communication, mass media, journalism, advertising, marketing, public opinion, interpersonal communication and organizational communication.
HealthNewsReview.Org Evaluates health news stories (mostly on therapeutic interventions) for a set of criteria including: frequency of benefits and harms, strength of evidence, alternative options, novelty, who is promoting it, and more. Includes a Toolit with Tips for Understanding Studies.
Reporting on Health An online community for journalists and new media practitioners who cover health issues. It offers extensive reporting resources, blogs, and networking opportunities, including a forum where journalists can showcase and share their work. The Resources section includes tips, a directory of sources, and a large collection of topical guides.
Tip Sheets for TV Writers and Producers (CDC, National Center for Health Marketing)
Easy-to-use, credible information on topics of interest to writers. Each tip sheet includes a description of who's at risk, typical symptoms, prevention messages, case examples, and a list of other resources.
UC Experts Directory Directory of experts from across the University of California system.
Greenwire, comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy politics and policy
Land Letter, coverage of natural resource policy issues
ClimateWire, climate policy and its effects on business, the environment and society
Medical News (Newswise)
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News, embargoed research results, journalism grants resources, and expert sources. Registered reporters can access embargoed stories and expert source contact information. Also available here are Science News,
Business News, and
Life News and more.
Medscape Public Health and Prevention News NOTE: Viewing full text requires free registration
Public Health news produced in collaboration with APHA. Medscape also provides news in other health-related categories including HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, and many more.
Access World News NOTE:Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students
News summaries, broadcasts and transcripts from hundreds of sources, local to international.
LexisNexis Academic NOTE:Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students
Full text articles and documents from thousands of news, legal, and business sources. Also includes country profiles, information on public figures, and company information.
Factiva NOTE:Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students
General and business news and information from more than 9,000 sources in 22 languages, including local, national and international newspapers, leading business magazines, trade publications, and news wires.
New York Times (via ProQuest)
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Coverage: 1980 to present. You can also access the Historical New York Times (back to 1851).
World News Connection NOTE:Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students
Translated transcriptions and summaries of radio and television broadcasts, newspaper articles, conference proceedings, periodicals and non-classified technical reports, representing nearly every country in the world.
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