How to Contact the CDC

Call 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636)^{[2] X Trustworthy Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Main public health institute for the US, run by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Go to source}. This is the main phone number for the CDC, and you can call this number to ask questions about diseases and how to prevent them, and for general health advice.
- This number is only staffed from 8am - 8pm Eastern Time, and it is available in English or Spanish.
- Currently, this number is available for Coronavirus questions 24/7, but it is available in English only.
Call 1-888-232-6348 for the TTY number^{[3] X Trustworthy Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Main public health institute for the US, run by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Go to source}. If you are death or hard of hearing, then you can call this number for the same service as the main one.
- This number is staffed from 8am - 8pm Eastern Time, and it is available in English or Spanish.
- Currently, this number is available for Coronavirus questions 24/7, but it is available in English only.

Navigate to the CDC-INFO contact form. The CDC does not provide a general email address, so you need to use the form on their website to email them.
Enter the subject of your email into the "Subject" box.
Select the best category that describes you in the From box. This will help the CDC better answer your question.
Type your email address into the Email Address and Email confirmation box.
Type your question into the Question box. This box allows you to type a maximum of 2000 characters.
Enter any optional information into the boxes in the Optional Information section. This can help the CDC better understand who is contacting them, and it will help them answer your question.
- If you are associated with a public health agency, then you should fill out this section, and check the appropriate box.
Click Send. This will send your message to the CDC. You should get a response at the email address that you provided.

Contact the CDC through Facebook. The CDC allows you to message them on Facebook through Facebook messenger. To contact the CDC through here, navigate to their Facebook page, and then click on the Message button.
Send a letter to the CDC. If you want to send a letter to the CDC through the mail, then you can send it to the following address:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta GA 30329 USA^{[4] X Trustworthy Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Main public health institute for the US, run by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Go to source}
Learn about job opportunities at the CDC. If you want to apply for a job at the CDC, or learn about job opportunities, then you can visit jobs.cdc.gov.
Request a CDC representative to attend your event with the Request a Speaker form. If you are hosting an event and you want a CDC representative to attend it, then you can use this form to ask the CDC to send someone.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a United States federal agency tasked with fighting diseases and supporting communities in the UShttps://www.cdc.gov/about/organization/mission.htm. While the CDC provides a lot of...