·Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships.
·Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research CBER is responsible for ensuring the safety and efficacy of blood and blood products, vaccines, allergenics, and biological therapeutics.
·National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Mission is to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding the elements of disease and how they interrelate.
·National Center for Health Statistics NCHS is the Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics agency and provides a wide variety of data with which to monitor the Nation's health.