The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was formed on July 1, 1946. It employs over 15,000 and boasts an annual budget upwards of seven billion dollars. On this page, readers will find links to eleven distinct CDC blogs, each brimming with the latest information on national and international health and disease prevention. For example, readers will find critical information on the CDC Director blog, where Dr. Thomas R. Frieden writes about health developments that concern many Americans, as well as people around the world. Recent topics have included how to protect citizens against the Zika virus and ideas for stopping drug-resistant tuberculosis. Other blogs include the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Science Blog, Public Health Matters, The Topic is Cancer, and others.
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