*Kinesiology (Exercise Science): Recommended Websites

The mission of APENS is to promote the fifteen Adapted Physical Education Standards and national certification exam.

The federal government website for comprehensive information on disability programs and services in communities nationwide.

...provide a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA and its implementing regulations, released on August 3, 2006. It is a "living" website and will change and grow as resources and information become available.

...crossdisciplinary professional organization of individuals, institutions, and agencies concerned with promotion and dissemination of knowledge and information about adapted physical activity, disability sport, and all other aspects of sport, movement, and exercise science for the benefit persons who require adaptations to enable their participation.

Official website of the Paralympic Movement

"...the leading authority on the participation of women and girls in sports—advocates for equality, educates the public, conducts research and offers grants to promote sports and physical activity for girls and women."

Including coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, this database curates openly available content related to coronaviruses. It includes thousands of open-access articles from the world’s leading publishers as well as current research from pre-print repositories such as arXiv and will continue to grow and evolve as more is learned about the pandemic.

DailyMed provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs. DailyMed is the official provider of FDA label information. This website provides a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling found in medication package inserts.

LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. It is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to 177430 (and growing) relevant articles in PubMed. The articles are updated daily and are further categorized by different research topics (e.g. Long Covid) and geographic locations for improved access.

You can use MedlinePlus to learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, find out the meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations. You can also get links to the latest medical research on your topic or find out about clinical trials on a disease or condition.

RxNorm provides normalized names for clinical drugs and links its names to many of the drug vocabularies commonly used in pharmacy management and drug interaction software.

Run by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the NCHS collects health information which includes things outside of typical health topics. Additional information includes: mortality & natality, exercise, marriage, injury, and access to health care

Provides customized injury-related mortality data from 1981 to present.

"...the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world..."

"Founded in 1986, the Association...(AASP) promotes the ethical practice, science, and advocacy of sport and exercise psychology."

Has gateways to more information.

"WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system."