CDC 24/7 Health Security Report
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CDC and America’s Health Security
WE INVESTIGATE
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24/7 central command to monitor health and respond to health crises.
WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS
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Research that leads to the best data and solutions to fight disease and protect health.
WE GET RESULTS
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Science-based, data-driven, lifesaving ways to defend against health threats.
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CDC WORKS to Detect, Respond, and Eliminate Disease WHEREVER IT IS.
CDC works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to keep America healthy, safe, and secure.
WE PUT SCIENCE & DATA INTO ACTION
- Turning new research into tools and actions that save more lives
- Tracking diseases to take the pulse of America’s health
WE DETECT, RESPOND, & ELIMINATE HEALTH THREATS
- 150+ labs identify diseases, food-borne outbreaks, biosecurity threats, and environmental hazards
- Trusted world-class scientists discovering microbes that threaten Americans
WE STRENGTHEN & PROTECT YOUR COMMUNITY
- Working with state, local, and territorial public health departments to investigate and protect against health threats
- Providing states with support and technical know-how to increase their impact
WE KEEP YOU SAFE.
24/7 U.S. emergency public health response
Rapid disease detection and elimination
Stopping diseases from reaching the U.S.
Lifesaving vaccines for outbreak response and prevention
Page last reviewed: October 10, 2018
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source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention