Twitter

You can think of Twitter as a "micro-blog". You use your computer or mobile phone to broadcast short messages, or "tweets", that are limited to 140 characters. People can sign up on Twitter to follow you tweets. You can choose to follow people and will receive their tweets, too.

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Office of the Secretary (OS)

AIDS.gov / @AIDSgov
BirdFluGov / @BirdFluGov (retired)
Flu.Gov / @FluGov
GirlsHealth.gov / @girlshealth
HealthFinder.gov / @healthfinder
HHS.gov / @hhsgov
InsureKidsNow.gov / @IKNGov
Office of Population Affairs / @opa1
WomensHealth.gov / @womenshealth

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH for Health / @NIHforHealth
NIH Clinical Center / @NIHClinicalCntr
NIH Clinical Center: Pt Recruitment & Public Liaison Office / @NIHPtRecruit
NIH Human Resources / @NIHforJobs
NIH Library / @nihlib
NIH Medline Plus/ @medlineplus4you
NIH Science Education / @NIHSciEd
NIH Wed Afternoon Lecture Series / @NIHWALS
Funding at NIH / @NIHforFunding
Nat’l Cancer Institute Media Relations / @NCIMedia
NCI - Prevention / @NCIprevention
NCI Smoke Free Women / @SmokeFreeWomen
NCI, Journal of the / @JNCI_Now
Nat'l Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute / @NIH_NHLBI
NHLBI's Learn More Breathe Better Campaign / @BreatheBetter
Nat’l Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases / @NIAIDnews
Nat’l Institute of Mental Health / @NIMHgov
Nat’l Library of Medicine: Specialized Information Service / @NLM_SIS

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Product Recall Information / @FDArecalls
FDA Drug Information / @FDA_Drug_Info
FDA Office of Women's Health / @FDAWomen
Medical Devices & Radiation-emitting Products Industry Regulation News / @FDAcdrhIndustry

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

CDC Act Early / @CDCActEarly
CDC BioSense / @cdc_biosense
CDC Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication / @CDC_CERC
CDC Center for eHealth Marketing / @CDC_eHealth
CDC Emergency / @CDCemergency
CDC Flu / @CDC Flu
CDC Hepatitis / @cdchep
CDC Nat’l Prevention Information Network / @CDCNPIN
Nat’l Institute for Occupational Safety & Health / @NIOSH
Nat’l Personal Protective Tech Lab: Personal Protective Equipment / @NPPTL

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

AHRQ News / @AHRQNews

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

CMS / @CMSGov

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSA)

SAMHSA / @samhsagov