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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (view source)
Revision as of 06:28, April 9, 2019
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The '''Centers for Disease Control and Prevention''' (CDC) is a massive United States government agency that spends over $8 billion a year.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/fmo/PDFs/FY07FundFunctAreaTable.pdf</ref>
The '''Centers for Disease Control and Prevention''' (CDC) is a massive United States government agency that spends over $8 billion a year.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/fmo/PDFs/FY07FundFunctAreaTable.pdf</ref>
Its annual budget reflects political pressure and interests of the [[drug|pharmaceutical]] industry rather than the incidence of [[disease]] and [[health]] problems among [[American]]s. There have been frequent complaints of conflicts of interest by officials at the CDC. The CDC has made many high-profile mistakes in recommending [[vaccine]]s wanted by the pharmaceutical industry, such as the [[Lyme disease]] vaccine, the [[rotavirus]] vaccine and the [[swine flu]] vaccine, all of which were later pulled from the market.
Its annual budget reflects political pressure and interests of the [[drug|pharmaceutical]] industry rather than the incidence of [[disease]] and [[health]] problems among [[American]]s. There have been frequent complaints of conflicts of interest by officials at the CDC. The CDC has made many high-profile mistakes in recommending [[vaccine]]s wanted by the pharmaceutical industry, such as the [[Lyme disease]] vaccine, the [[rotavirus]] vaccine and the [[swine flu]] vaccine, all of which were later pulled from the market.
Founded in 1946, the CDC is based in [[Atlanta]].<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/</ref>
Founded in 1946, the CDC is based in [[Atlanta]].<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.cdc.gov/media/ CDC Online Newsroom]
* [https://www.cdc.gov/media/ CDC Online Newsroom]
* [https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention CDC] in the [[Federal Register]]
* [https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention CDC] in the [[Federal Register]]
* [http://www.cdc.gov/gcc/ CDC Global Communications Center]
* [https://www.cdc.gov/gcc/ CDC Global Communications Center]
* [http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/home.asp CDC Public Health Image Library]
* [http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/home.asp CDC Public Health Image Library]