Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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 of America.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Agency overview
Formed	October 27, 1992
Preceding agencies	Office of National Defense Malaria Control Activities (1942) Office of Malaria Control in War Areas (1942–1946) Communicable Disease Center (1946–1967) National Communicable Disease Center (1967–1970) Center for Disease Control (1970–1980) Centers for Disease Control (1980–1992)
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	Druid Hills, Georgia
Employees	15,000
Annual budget	8.8 billion USD (2008)
Agency executive	Mandy Cohen, director[1], Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Parent agency	United States Department of Health and Human Services

Agencies under the CDC

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

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.

Leadership

Up to mid-August 2025, Susan Monarez was supposed to be the leader of the CDC. However, in late-August, a decision was made to fire her, and that decision was later confirmed by the US President. Monarez disagreed with the firing, and clarified that she had not resigned. The reason for firing her is very controversial.^{[6][7] [8][9]}