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Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Center for Disease Control and Prevention. By Nate Coy, Kip DeShields,and J acob Robb. Location. The main location is in Atlanta, Georgia. There are many locations across the United States. (See Figure1 below ). Sources of Funding. Federal Tax dollars

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Center for Disease Control and Prevention

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  1. Center for Disease Control and Prevention By Nate Coy, Kip DeShields,and Jacob Robb

  2. Location • The main location is in Atlanta, Georgia. • There are many locations across the United States. (See Figure1 below)

  3. Sources of Funding • Federal Tax dollars • Gives out money through grants to local health departments, and states • The funding for the CDC may be put on hold due to the budget cuts. • With the budget cuts the CDC may loose 300 million dollars. • Which go to help us humans fight off new diseases.

  4. Research Projects Currently Underway • Heart disease is the leading cause of death and a major cause of disability in the United States. • Over 600 thousand Americans have lost their lives to heart disease. • February has been designated to American heart disease. • The CDC is investigating in fungal meningitis. Patients have gotten this infection from being injected with contaminated needles.

  5. Continued. • This form of meningitis is not contagious. • Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer in the United States. • It is caused from first and second hand smoke. • It starts in the lungs and may spread to the Lymph nodes and brain. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poc1eTuJJfc • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAOclyYSbBs

  6. Methods for Distributing Treatments • The CDC over sees the locations to give out treatments. • For vaccines the CDC approves doctors offices and pharmacies. • Treatments for more serious diseases, the CDC recommends a certified hospital that has been trained to give that certain treatment.

  7. Works Cited • "Basic Information about Lung Cancer." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21 Sep 2012. Web. 25 Feb 2013. • . "CDC Chief: Spending Cuts Threaten Public Health." abclocal.go.com. The Associated Press. Web. 25 Feb 2013. • CEFO Locations. N.d.CDC.gov, Atlanta, Georgia. Web. 25 Feb 2013. • "Heart Disease." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21 Sep 2012. Web. 25 Feb 2013. • "Funding." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21 Sep 2012. Web. 25 Feb 2013. • "Fungal Meningitis." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21 Sep 2012. Web. 25 Feb 2013.

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