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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States agency
Also known as: CDC, Communicable Disease Center
Recent News
Aug. 28, 2024, 3:22 PM ET (AP)
Death toll is now 8 in listeria outbreak tied to Boar's Head deli meat, CDC says
Aug. 24, 2024, 4:35 PM ET (AP)
Dr. Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home, a spokesperson says
Aug. 22, 2024, 6:27 PM ET (AP)
FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days
Aug. 22, 2024, 6:26 PM ET (AP)
Pharmacist pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan deaths from meningitis outbreak
Aug. 17, 2024, 1:54 PM ET (AP)
Bird flu restrictions cause heartache for 4-H kids unable to show off livestock at fairs across US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, headquartered in Atlanta, whose mission is centred on preventing and controlling disease and promoting environmental health and health education in the United States. Part of the Public Health Service, it was founded in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center to fight malaria and other infectious diseases. As its scope widened to polio, smallpox, and disease surveillance, the name was changed to the Center for Disease Control and later pluralized. Today the CDC subsumes health statistics, infectious diseases, and environmental health; a National Immunization ...(100 of 151 words)