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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Emergency Operations Center (EOC) assists public health partners in responding to disease outbreaks. The EOC played an important role during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, which affected thousands of people in the United States in the first months after the disease emerged in China.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
United States government
Also known as: HHS
Quick Facts
- Date:
- 1980 - present
- Areas Of Involvement:
- public health
- social welfare program
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), executive division of the U.S. federal government responsible for carrying out government programs and policies relating to human health, welfare, and income security. Established in 1980 when responsibility for education was removed from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, it consists of several agencies including the Administration for Children and Families, the Administration on Aging, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Indian Health Service, the National Institutes of Health, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.