The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a lot of basic information. After searching for a disease and reading the information, be sure to check out the links under "Learn more about..." near the bottom of the page.
Search or browse for diseases on this non-profit site that provides simple information largely intended for a patient (i.e. layperson) audience.
Avoid commercial sites like webmd or healthline. If you want help evaluating a website, email Sarah!
Data
Advanced Google: Make google work for you! Search for a topic you're interested, then limit it by file type to target data. For example, try .xls or .csv
Use the advanced search in Proquest to find specific tdocument types: case study and statistics/data report are good places to start.
