Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public’s health. It works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in within. At the beginning, it was the Office of National Defense Malaria Control Activities, then became Office of Malaria Control in War Areas (1942–46), then became Communicable Disease Center (1946–67), then became National Communicable Disease Center (1967–70) and finally it was renamed as Center for Disease Control in 1970.