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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Communicable Disease Center moved to its current headquarters in 1960.  Building 1 is pictured in 1963. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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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    Check for safety a home falls prevention checklist for older adults by CDC Foundation, MetLife Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

    Published: CDC Foundation, MetLife Foundation, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005
    Description: 1 online resource (14 pages) : illustrations.
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    Lista de seguridad una lista para personas de la tercera edad sobre la prevención de caídas en el hogar by CDC Foundation, MetLife Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

    Published: CDC Foundation, MetLife Foundation, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005
    Description: 1 online resource (14 pages) : illustrations.
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    What you can do to prevent falls by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), MetLife Foundation, CDC Foundation

    Published: U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention., 2011
    Description: 1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations.
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