The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is
The Communicable Disease Center moved to its current headquarters in 1960. Building 1 is pictured in 1963.
CDC Building 17 in Atlanta, Georgia, as seen from Emory University
Donald Henderson as part of the CDC's smallpox eradication team in 1966
CDC and MSF staff preparing to enter an Ebola treatment unit in Liberia, August 2014
Jay Bhattacharya
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Jayanta Bhattacharya is an American health economist, trained as a physician, who has served as the 18th director of the National Institutes of Health since 2025. Bhattacharya had additionally served
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
…Matthew Buzzelli March 24, 2025 July 30, 2025 21 Susan Monarez July 31, 2025 August 27, 2025 acting Jim O'Neill August 28, 2025 February 13, 2026 acting Jay Bhattacharya February 18, 2026 August 12, 2026 22 Erica Schwartz August 12, 2026 Present Datasets and survey systems CDC Scientific Data, Surveillance, Health…
Official portrait, 2025
Bhattacharya at AmericaFest 2025