CDC - Social Media Tools for Consumers and Partners

Why Social Media?

CDC uses social media to provide users with access to credible, science-based health information when, where, and how you want it. A variety of social media tools are used to reinforce and personalize messages, reach new audiences, and build a communication infrastructure based on open information exchange.

Current Social Media Campaigns

Novel H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
H1N1 is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. It was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009 and spreads from person-to-person, probably in much the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses spread.

Peanut Butter & Peanut-Containing Product Recalls Related to Salmonella Infections
In early 2009, CDC collaborated with public health officials and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of human infections due to Salmonella Typhimurium.

Social Media Tools on CDC.gov

Widgets

Grab one of the CDC Widgets for your Web page, personalized home page, or blog to display credible health and safety content that is automatically updated.

Online Video

Watch videos on seasonal flu, emergency preparedness, cancer, HIV/AIDS and more on CDC-TV and CDC’s YouTube channel.

Connect with CDC

Social Networking Sites

Connect and stay up to date with CDC on Facebook, MySpace, and DailyStrength.

eHealth Marketing

In eHealth Marketing, we work to develop and market the following to increase the impact of CDC science:

CDC.gov Web site,
Social media activities, and
CDC-INFO.

Our vision is that people in the United States and throughout the world will live significantly longer, healthier and safer lives as a result of their regular ongoing experiences with online health information, social media and public health interventions from CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services.