What CDC Does

Influenza poses one of the world’s greatest infectious disease challenges. CDC programs [1.14 MB, 2 Pages] use scientific expertise and resources to protect the United States from the continuing threat posed by seasonal influenza and pandemic influenza, with the following activities:

• Monitoring and assessing influenza viruses and illness.
• Building and supporting surveillance and response capacity.
• Improving vaccines and other interventions.
• Applying research to provide science-based enhancement of prevention and control policies and programs.