Center+For+Disease+Control

**Title and Address of Website: Center For Disease Control- [|www.cdc.gov]**


 * Sponsoring Organization:** The CDC is one of the major operating components of the [|Department of Health and Human Services].


 * Date of Last Update:** June 22, 2009


 * Authority:** United States Department of Health and Human Services


 * Content:** Diseases & Conditions, Emergency Preparedness & Response, Environmental Health, Healthy Living, Life Stages & Populations, Injury, Violence & Safety, Traveler's Health, Workplace Safety & Health


 * Currency:** From this page you can explore stories of health protection, cutting-edge research, and real-world disease investigation that CDC is conducting every day.


 * Purpose:** To inform the public about the latest findings on health and wellness.


 * Organization:** The categories are well organized and the information is easy to find.


 * Strengths:** Reliable, accurate and comprehensive information on broad variety of health topics.


 * Weaknesses:** Not exactly a site that students would generally go to by themselve because it is not very interactive. There is a lot of text and not much grafics.


 * Instructional Uses:** To get reliable information on the on statistics and current research especially for the disease prevention and control unit.


 * Benefits to Students:** The students get accurate in-depth information on any health related topic.