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December 1, 2021
The David J. Sencer CDC Museum (CDCM) Public Health Academy Teen Newsletter was created to introduce teens to public health topics.
October 27, 2021
The David J. Sencer CDC Museum (CDCM) Public Health Academy Teen Newsletter was created to introduce teens to public health topics.
June 2, 2021
June 5, 2021 marks 40 years since the first official reporting, in CDC’s MMWR, describing what later became known as AIDS.
April 2, 2021
The Epidemic Intelligence Service Today’s CDC is known for assisting U.S. state health departments and other countries’ ministries of health during local outbreaks and emergency responses. While the malaria control program set precedent for this practice, the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) improved CDC’s ability to support states. Dr. Alexander D. Langmuirexternal icon created the EIS program in 1951 to aid the states in the control of communicable disease. At its inception, the EIS...
April 2, 2021
An Agency to Serve the Public Next, the exhibit explores how CDC became an agency to serve the public through the “Great Society” program started by President Lyndon B. Johnson. For this program, Congress passed legislation that fought against poverty; protected civil rights; and aimed to improve education, health, and mass transit. This legislation reflected an expanding belief in social progress – essentially building a greater society in the U.S. In this social context, CDC expanded it...