American Academy on Physician and Patient
"… a society with over 20 years of single-minded dedication to research, education, and professional standards in patient-doctor communication."

American Association for Health Education (AAHE)
"The American Association for Health Education serves health educators and other professionals who promote the health of all people. AAHE encourages, supports, and assists health professionals concerned with health promotion through education and other systematic strategies."

American Medical Writers Association
"The mission of the American Medical Writers Association is to promote excellence in medical communication and to provide educational resources that support that goal."

American Public Health Association
Home of the Nation's Health and the American Journal of Public Health, an online bookstore with the largest collection of public health books on the Web, Legislative issues and advocacy information, and a solid collection of public health links.

Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education
"an interdisciplinary professional society dedicated to strengthening behavioral science teaching in medical schools, residency programs, and in continuing medical education."

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Office of Communication
Health statistics, disease and health topics index, and a selection of publications in addition to information about the CDC, press releases, press summaries, the history of the CDC and so on.

The Council of Science Edtiors
Of particular interest is the extensive list of resource links as well as their Guidelines Series of pamphlets on poster sessions, editing science graphs, grant proposals, etc.

Health and Science Communications Association
"International in scope and diverse in background, our members broadly describe themselves as biomedical communicators."

HealthCOMM - Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association
Information about the organization, links to health communication sites, long list of schools that offer courses (not necessarily degrees) in health communication.

National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
A U.S. association. Membership information, includes "Advice for Beginning Science Writers" and "How to Keep Readers -- and Editors -- Interested in Science Stories", records of two discussions on their listserv, "The End of Science Writing" a lecture by Professor Jon Franklin, U.Md.

National Institutes of Health
Publications and other health information, news, grants information scientific resources, institutes and offices of the NIH.

SciPICH - Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health
An independent body convened by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services devoted to " the interaction of an individual--consumer, patient, caregiver, or professional—with an electronic device or communication technology to access or transmit health information or to receive guidance on a health-related issue."