The home page of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contains information from a variety of health related Internet resources including Medline and Healthfinder.
The section About HHS includes a message from the Secretary, an overview of the department, historical highlights and biographies of HHS leaders as well as a section on Frequently Asked Questions. A statistical section includes current and retrospective statistics.
The News And Public Affairs section includes press releases, speeches, public service campaigns, congressional testimony and the Policy Forum. The What’s New section lists in chronological order events pertaining to the department and other health related organizations. The HHS Personnel Information section not only includes the HHS organizational and employee directories, but also information concerning people in the work force.
The Search Page allows searching of the HHS Government Information Locator Service as well as the Organizational Directory and the Employee Directory. The Policy, Research and Administrative Information page gives information about current HHS policies and administration as well as research data and Internet information.
The HHS Agencies section provides a list of subagencies of the HHS and links to each agency’s home page.
For assistance with the Health and Human Services Home Page or any other Internet resource, please contact the Reference Desk.
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