Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
![The Communicable Disease Center moved to its current headquarters in 1960. Building 1 is pictured in 1963.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/CDC_Cifton_Road_campus_1963.jpg)
The agency's main goal is the protection of public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and worldwide. The CDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease control and prevention. It especially focuses its attention on infectious disease, food borne pathogens, environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, injury prevention, and educational activities designed to improve the health of United States citizens. The CDC also conducts research and provides information on non-infectious diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, and is a founding member of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes.
The CDC's current Director is Mandy Cohen who assumed office on July 10, 2023. Provided by Wikipedia
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