Go Directly to health news at these sites:
- Health and Wellness Resource Center
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/discweb?db=HWRC - This Web Site has articles on health from newspapers around the world. After logging in, select Health News from the Quick Start menu.
This site is made available through the DISCUS (Digital Information for South Carolina Users) Project, paid for by the state of South Carolina. This database may be accessed at SC schools, colleges, and public libraries. In addition, your public library might make this available to your home computer. Contact your local library for a password and more information. - Healthcare 411
(United States Department of Health & Human Services)
http://www.healthcare411.org/ - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality provides a collection of audios about different health topics. Each topic is also offered in text form.
- HealthMap: Global disease alert map
(Children's Hospital Informatics Program. Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology)
http://www.healthmap.org/en - This is a neat place to find out about emerging infectious diseases around the world. Outbreaks are shown with colored points in a map of the world. Click on the point to get information from international health organizations and news sources about the nature of the problem. You can search by location, disease, or language. A useful site to check before traveling.
- MedlinePlus News
(National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/newsbydate.html - Daily news articles on topics of interest. Includes HealthDay TV, short news videos covering medical research topics in an easy-to-understand, consumer-friendly format.
- NIH News in Health (The)
(National Institutes of Health)
http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/ - This is an online consumer health journal about all aspects of health. It includes articles about topical and newsworthy issues based on the latest NIH research. From 1996-2004, this publication was known as NIH Word on Health. These past issues can be accessed from the News in Health site.
National News
- ABC
http://abcnews.go.com/health - CNN
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/ - FOX News
http://www.foxnews.com/health/index.html - MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032076/ta/y/ - NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html - Time.com
http://www.time.com/time/health/ - MedlinePlus News
(National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/newsbydate.html - Daily news articles on topics of interest. Includes HealthDay TV, short news videos covering medical research topics in an easy-to-understand, consumer-friendly format.
South Carolina News
- Aiken Standard
http://www.aikenstandard.com/ - Anderson Independent-Mail
http://www.independentmail.com/ - The Beaufort Gazette
http://www.islandpacket.com/beaufortgazette/ - Bluffton Today
http://www.blufftontoday.com/ - The Post & Courier
http://www.postandcourier.com/ - The State
http://www.thestate.com/ - GreenvilleOnline.com
(The Greenville News)
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage - The Index-Journal
http://www.indexjournal.com/ - Island Packet
http://www.islandpacket.com/ - The Sun News
http://www.thesunnews.com/ - The Herald
http://www.heraldonline.com/ - Herald Journal
http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage - The Item
http://www.theItem.com/
