Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 Logo of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 July 1946 |
| Preceding agencies |
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| Jurisdiction | Federal Government of the United States |
| Headquarters | Atlanta |
| Employees | 11,814[1] |
| Agency executives |
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| Parent agency | United States Department of Health and Human Services |
| Website | https://www.cdc.gov |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services. CDC main office is in Druid Hills, a neighborhood in northeastern Atlanta, Georgia. [2][3][4] It works to protect public health and safety. It provides information to enhance health decisions. It promotes health as a partner with state health departments and other organizations. When an infectious disease or bad food can cause health problems, the CDC will tell the nation how to fight it. The CDC works on environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, injury prevention and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
Agencies under the CDC
[change | change source]The CDC has agencies that work under it:
- NIOSH, which checks things people wear for job safety.
- ATSDR, which lists chemicals that make people sick.
Foundation
[change | change source]The CDC Foundation[5] is separate from CDC as a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. It is incorporated in the State of Georgia. Section 399F of the Public Health Service Act created the foundation to help the CDC work with the private sector.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Salary Statistics". federalpay.org. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had 10,899 employees in 2015 ...
- ↑ Home Page. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved on November 19, 2008. Archived 2006-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Groundbreaking held for new CDC virus research labs. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. December 3, 1985. A21. Retrieved on February 5, 2011. "[The new facility will sit behind and be connected to CDC's red-brick complex of buildings on Clifton Road in DeKalb County[...]"
- ↑ "Druid Hills CDP, GA Archived 2011-11-25 at the Wayback Machine." United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 5, 2009.
- ↑ CDCfoundation.org
Other websites
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- The CDC Homepage
- CDC Online Newsroom
- CDC Health Topics A to Z
- CDC Public Health Image Library
- CDC Global Communications Center
- CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory– Atlanta, Georgia Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Meeting Notices and Rule Changes Archived 2011-11-19 at the Wayback Machine from The Federal Register RSS Feed Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Proposed and finalized federal regulations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
