MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -As the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish our mission, CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise.

Detailed explanation-2: -Because CDC is a federal agency, all scientific findings resulting from CDC research are available to the public and open to the broader scientific community for review.

Detailed explanation-3: -Finally, in October 1992, Congress changed CDC’s official name to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to recognize CDC’s leadership role in prevention. Today, CDC is both the nation’s prevention agency and a global leader in public health.

Detailed explanation-4: -NCEZID aims to prevent disease, disability, and death caused by a wide range of infectious diseases. The center focuses on diseases that have been around for many years, emerging diseases (those that are new or recently identified), and zoonotic diseases (those spread from animals to people).

Detailed explanation-5: -CDC: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US agency charged with tracking and investigating public health trends. A part of the US Public Health Services (PHS) under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the CDC is based in Atlanta, Georgia.