- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Atlanta
Public buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Flowers--Georgia--Atlanta
Public health--Georgia--Atlanta
Office buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- By 1992 the Center for Disease Control had expanded far beyond communicable diseases, and the agency's name was changed to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (The acronym remained CDC by law.)
Photograph of the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. A blue-and-white sign sits in front of the office building. Flowers grow at the base of the sign.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been a key factor in combating many of the health issues facing the United States. It is the nation's premier public health agency, and a unit of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/m-2693/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/centers-disease-control-and-prevention
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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