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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the federal agency that helps protect and improve the health of the American public. |
While people often associate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with fighting deadly disease outbreaks, that’s only the beginning of the agency’s protective role in our lives.
CDC also works to control and prevent chronic killers like heart disease, cancer and stroke. And it helps safeguard us from environmental hazards, biological and chemical terrorism, injuries, violence and vaccine-preventable diseases – anything that threatens our health and well-being as a population.
CDC protects us all.
Thanks to CDC and its partners, our lifestyles are healthier, our workplaces are safer, and our children are protected against once-deadly diseases. CDC puts science into action every day to ensure that we all can live long, active, disease-free lives.
To contact CDC, call 1-800-CDC-INFO or e-mail cdcinfo@cdc.gov.