PHS scientists at hatmaking study 1930s
United States Public Health Service (USPHS) scientific investigators, working in their makeshift laboratory onsite in Connecticut, during the 1937-1938 PHS industrial hygiene and engineering study of mercury e... More
Industrial hygiene activities at Ravenna Ordnance Plant 1943
Dr. Donald Birmingham, prominent dermatologist of the U.S. Public Health Service, observes two women ordnance workers pour TNT into mortar shells at the Ravenna, Ohio Ordnance Plant. The Ravenna Ordnance Plant... More
Industrial Hygiene Laboratory interior 1943
The Industrial Hygiene Laboratory at the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) in Washington, DC. This was Dr. Frederick H. Goldman’s laboratory. The purpose of the laboratory, would have been to analyze sam... More
Industrial hygiene 1951 - Public domain portrait drawing
This historic image depicted an industrial hygienist as he was taking air samples in the immediate vicinity of a factory worker, who was in the process of pouring a scoop of an unknown substance into a hopper.... More
Taft Laboratory Cincinnati 1957
This historic image, captured during the 1950s, depicts the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) facilities at the Robert A. Taft Building in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Manwithrabies 1
Man with rabies.
Manwithrabies 2
Man with rabies.
Modified smallpox2
"This 4-year-old Cardiff, Wales smallpox patient, presented with what was characterized as a modified variola major rash, which resembled varicella. There was a cropping of the lesions in their distribution pa... More
Modified smallpox1
Modified smallpox resembling chickenpox in a 4 year old vaccinated person.
Wellbee, 1963 - Drawing. Public domain image.
This 1963 poster featured CDC’s national symbol of public health, the "Wellbee", who was depicted here encouraging the public to receive an oral polio vaccine. CDC used the Wellbee in its comprehensive marketi... More
Blastomycosis lung infiltration
X-ray image showing infiltration of the human lungs by blastomycosis.
Blastomyces dermatitidis hyphae
Microscopic image showing the hyphae and conidiophores of the mycelial form of Blastomyces dermatitidis. Original caption from CDC: Under a magnification of 800X, this photomicrograph revealed ultrastructural ... More
Prince Tu'ipelehake (cropped)
This historic 1967 photograph features (left to right) Dr. Ronald R. Roberto (EIS 1962), Prince Tu'ipelehake of Tonga, former Centers for Disease Control Director, Dr. David J. Sencer (1966–1977), and former A... More
Prince Tu'ipelehake2 (cropped)
This 1967 photograph shows the Prince of Tonga, Prince Tu'ipelehake. Several years prior to his visit to the CDC in 1967, Prince Tu'ipelehake met a CDC team that was headed by Dr. Ronald R. Roberto. This team ... More
Modified smallpox3
Modified smallpox resembling chickenpox in a vaccinated person.
Dekina page banner
This 1969 photograph was captured while overlooking a crowd of people in the streets of a village of Dekina, Nigeria, which was the site of a smallpox outbreak that same year.
Tertiary syphilis - PHIL2383
This photograph depicts a left lateral view of a patient’s face revealing a perforated lesion on the left side of his nose, and though mimicking basal cell carcinoma, was actually due to a tertiary syphilis inf... More
Man with facial scarring and blindness due to smallpox, 1972 (cropped)
"Captured in an unidentified location in 1972, the man pictured here had lived through a smallpox infection, but sustained severe facial scarring and blindness. You can see that his left eye had become clouded... More
CDC PHIL 10147 – candling, non-fertile egg
This non-fertile egg was observed using what is known as a candling procedure, whereupon, a very bright light is placed behind the egg, as was done throughout history by using a candle, hence the name. Today, e... More
CDC PHIL 10148 – candling, fertilized egg, non-viable
Known as a quitter, this non-viable, fertilized egg was observed using what is known as a candling procedure, whereupon, a very bright light is placed behind the egg, as was done throughout history by using a c... More
CDC PHIL 10149 – fertilized egg, 11 days old
Referred to as a winner, this healthy, 11-day-old fertilized egg was observed using a candling procedure, whereupon, a very bright light is placed behind the egg, as was done throughout history by using a candl... More
6610 lores
After 24-hours, this inoculated MacConkey agar culture plate cultivated colonial growth of Gram-negative, rod-shaped, and facultatively anaerobic, Kluyvera ascorbata bacteria. This culture was used in a presen... More
Left lateral view of an Ochlerotatus triseriatus
This image depicts a close-up, left lateral view of an Ochlerotatus triseriatus, also known as Aedes triseriatus, or the tree hole mosquito, which had landed on the photographer, and was pictured, as she was i... More
Smallpox vaccine (cropped)
Components of a smallpox vaccination kit including the diluent, a vial of Dryvax® smallpox vaccine, and a bifurcated needle. Vaccinia (smallpox) vaccine, derived from calf lymph, and currently licensed in the ... More
Anopheles freeborni
female, anopheles, freeborni, taking, blood, meal, human, host, pumping, ingested, blood
Naegleria (formes)
Stages of en:Naegleria fowleri, a member of the en:Percolozoa. Français : Différentes formes de l'amibe Naegleria fowleri de l'embranchement de Percolozoa. image tirée du Wikipédia anglophone.
Anopheles minimus 1
Anopheles minimus it one of those mosquito will have vector of malaria.
Sabethes Cyaneus Mosquito
The mosquito pictured here is known as Sabethes cyaneus, and is a natural inhabitant of the Panamanian forest canopy.
The Truth of Tanning - PHIL18374
Produced in 2014, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Divisions of Cancer Prevention and Control, this infographic entitled, “The Truth about Tanning: Your natural skin color is great the ... More
Borrelia hermsii Bacteria (13758011613)
Scanning electron micrograph of Borrelia hermsii, the causative agent of relapsing fever, interacting with red blood cells. Credit: NIAID
CHIK-World-Map 10-30-2020. Senegal, West Africa
Countries and territories where chikungunya cases have been reported* (as of September 17, 2019) Does not include countries or territories where only imported cases have been documented. Countries and territor... More
Naegleria (formes) en
Stages of en:Naegleria fowleri, a member of the en:Percolozoa. Français : Différentes formes de l'amibe Naegleria fowleri de l'embranchement de Percolozoa. image tirée du Wikipédia anglophone.
PHIL 2627
Dog with rabies
%NoHealthCareAge - A bar graph shows the number of people in the unite...
This is a diagram depicting the percentage in US who have no health insurance by age.
%NoInsurance - A bar graph shows the number of people in the united st...
This is a diagram depicting percentage in US reporting no health insurance.
%NoInsuranceRace - A bar graph shows the number of people who have liv...
This is a diagram depicting the percent in US without insurance by race.
02-0667 1b - A piece of tissue with a small amount of cells in it
Lesions of Weissella confusa in the mona monkey (hematoxylin and eosin stain): A) liver: portal triads with neutrophilic infiltration (x10); A1, presence of bacterial emboli inside the vein (arrow) (x40). B) ac... More
05-0339 b - A black and white photo of a strip of dna
Diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for Echinococcus multilocularis (lanes 1–8, 2 specimens in parallel) and E. granulosus (lanes 9–12, 1 specimen). Lane... More
1.covid-19-vaccine-sticker
This file was created by cdc.gov, you will find interesting information on this page Benefits of Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine, COVID-19 Vaccination, COVID-19 Vaccination Toolkits
10-0002-F1
A) Greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) with white fungal growth around its muzzle, ears, and wing membranes (photograph provided by Tamás Görföl). B) Scanning electron micrograph of a bat hair colonized by... More
10145 lores - A young child with freckles on his face
The young boy pictured here, displayed the characteristic maculopapular rash indicative of rubella, otherwise known as German measles, or 3-day measles.
104 Degrees Fahrenheit - Nigeria (16869906680)
Under the scorching sun and in 104°F weather, a Nigeria FELTP resident and two data collectors hike down an extremely difficult terrain at Hirgizan Duste in Sokoto, Nigeria to collect immunization data from und... More
Public Domain Images - 11G0002 lores
Русский: Alcaligenes faecalis. Gram stain. Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content pro... More
14-0214-F3 - A series of four different images of cells
Neuropathology in transgenic mice following inoculation with brain homogenate prepared from a postmortem sample from a person with VPSPr. Numerous PrP-labeled plaque-like deposits within the corpus callosum of... More
14234CDC Flumist - A woman getting her nose examined by a doctor
This image depicts a qualified nurse in a clinical setting, who was in the process of administering a dosage of FluMist® live attenuated intranasal vaccine LAIV) into the left nostril, and into this patient’s ... More
15281 lores - A close up of a black and white image of a cell phone
This transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image depicted a number of virions found responsible for a case of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC), “a rapidly progressive, and highly contagious viral disea... More
1874 lores - A black and white photo of a snow covered plant
Italiano: Ingrandimento del virus della parotite endemica.
1918 spanish flu waves
Three pandemic waves: weekly combined influenza and pneumonia mortality, United Kingdom, 1918–1919
1956 Alaska - Eskimo and dog team
Public Health Nurse in Alaska. Public Health nurse with Eskimo and dog team preparing to make a call on local residents. Français : En 1956, Une infirmière du gouvernement se prépare à partir en tournée avec ... More
1964---Chameau-au-Gujarat
Dromadaire(Goujerat) CDC Description: In this photograph, a camel relaxes near a village in the state of Gujarat, India. Epidemic Intelligence Service officers from the CDC visited India in 1964 because of a sm... More
1980s computer worker, Centers for Disease Control
This 1980s photograph, taken within a Centers for Disease Control influenza testing laboratory, showed a laboratorian entering data into an influenza-specific database while seated at a computer workstation.
1993 48 Kameido isolates genotype
Bacillus anthracis Bioterrorism Incident, Kameido, Tokyo, 1993, Multiple-locus, variable-number tandem repeat analysis genotype of all 48 Kameido isolates and the Sterne strain of Bacillus anthracis: vrrA, 313 ... More
1993 Kameido site fluid petri
Bacillus anthracis Bioterrorism Incident, Kameido, Tokyo, 1993, Fluid collected from the Kameido site cultured on Petri dishes to identify potential Bacillus anthracis isolates.
2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak situation map zh-CN
This is a map from a government publication on the distribution of the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, as of 14 August 2014. Areas with confirmed and probable case... More
2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak situation map
This is a map of the distribution of the Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone as of 17 December 2014.
2016 US map of drug overdose deaths per 100,000 population by state
US map of drug overdose deaths per 100,000 population by state, US 2016. There were 64,070 overdose deaths in the USA in 2016 according to a table from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From the ... More
2017 Childhood immunization schedule from the CDC
2017 Immunization Schedule for children in the US
2018-Opioid-Deaths-By-Type-US-He
Timeline graph of overdose deaths involving opioids, United States. Deaths per 100,000 population.
2019 Novel Coronavirus Wuhan China Infographic-symptoms
COVID-19 Infographic-symptoms Public domain photograph related to Chinese history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
4809 lores - A close up of a person's head with a white substance on i...
ID#:4809 - : The favus on this patient’s scalp is due to the fungus T. schoenleinii. The crusted lesions, or “scutulae”, were removed. Favus is a chronic form of tinea capitis, or ringworm of the scalp, caused... More
5901 lores - A piece of paper with a blood stain on it
This prepared slide offers a good example of a thin (left) and thick (right) blood smear to be examined under the microscope. Though they are more difficult to read, thick blood films are more sensitive in det... More
6077 lores - An x - ray image of a chest and lungs
This AP chest x-ray reveals the mid-staged bilateral pulmonary effusion due to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, or HPS. The radiological evolution of HPS begins with minimal changes of interstitial pulmonary ede... More
8176 lores1968CDCLABTECH
CDC Lab tech
8365 loresOLDSCHOOL - A black and white photo of a woman getting a tat...
An adult female receiving a vaccination that was administered by a public health clinician, by way of a jet injector during the nationwide swine flu vaccination campaign, which began October 1, 1976. This rare... More
9863 lores - A black and white photo of a small animal
This 1973 photomicrograph depicted three Naegleria gruberi free-living amoebae. Free-living amoebae belonging to the genera Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia, and Naegleria, are important causes of disease in humans and animals.
A (H5N1) virion, a type of bird flu virus which is a subtype of avian ...
Description: This transmission electron micrograph (TEM), taken at a magnification of 150,000x, revealed the ultrastructural details of an avian influenza A (H5N1) virion, a type of bird flu virus which is a su... More
A aegypti eradication - A man walking through a field with a horse
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A baby boy with a scarred and swollen face with a warning Wellcome L00...
A baby boy with a scarred and swollen face with a warning in spanish about the risk of HIV mothers transmitting the AIDS disease to babies; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Black... More
A ball with a message indicating that AIDS is not Wellcome L0052396
A ball with a message indicating that AIDS is not transmitted in public swimming pools; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Colour lithograph. Iconographic Collections Keywords: AI... More
A black man in vest and shorts with a skipping rope over Wellcome L005...
A black man in vest and shorts with a skipping rope over one shoulder holding a towel; an advertisement about the risk of AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Black and white lithograph, 19... More
A black mother with her daughter and son with a message Wellcome L0052...
A black mother with her daughter and son with a message about how a mother tells her children about AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Black and white lithograph. Iconograph... More
A black woman holding a mug representing a woman whose Wellcome L00523...
A black woman holding a mug representing a woman whose partner has AIDS through sharing needles; an advertisement about the risk of AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Black and white lith... More
A black woman in a white shirt leans back on a chair with Wellcome L00...
A black woman in a white shirt leans back on a chair with her legs hanging over the arm with the words "If he doesn't have a condom, you just have to take a deep breath and tell him to go and get one"; a poster... More
A black woman looks directly out at the viewer with her Wellcome L0052...
A black woman looks directly out at the viewer with her fingertips touching with an interview about how to cope when you best friend has AIDS; advertisement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ... More
A black woman stands by a cot with a mobile representing a Wellcome L0...
A black woman stands by a cot with a mobile representing a mother whose baby has AIDS; advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Black and white lithograph,... More
A black woman with her arms around a black man Wellcome L0052339
A black woman with her arms around a black man; a representation of cheating partners in an advertisement about the risk of AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Medical Photographic Librar... More
A black woman with one hand on her arm looks directly at Wellcome L005...
A black woman with one hand on her arm looks directly at the viewer with the words 'What have you got against a condom?'; advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Se... More
A black youth wearing a gold chain and bomber jacket leans Wellcome L0...
A black youth wearing a gold chain and bomber jacket leans against a wire fence with a warning about the risk of sexually transmitted diseases in the young; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertisin... More
A blonde haired woman looks directly out at the viewer; Wellcome L0052...
A blonde haired woman looks directly out at the viewer; representation of the risk of AIDS in new relationships with text relating to an interview about how to broach the subject of AIDS on first dates; an adve... More
A boy chasing a girl with a message indicating that AIDS Wellcome L005...
A happy boy chasing a girl with a message indicating that AIDS is not transmitted through playing hide 'n' seek; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Colour lithograph. Iconographic... More
A boy with one hand on his hip looks looks directly out at Wellcome L0...
A boy with one hand on his hip looks looks directly out at the viewer with an interview about the reality of AIDS; advertisement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Black and white lithograph. ... More
A chain incorporating the words 'baby' and 'aids' in a Wellcome L00526...
A chain incorporating the words 'baby' and 'aids' in a warning to give children a chance by learning the facts about HIV/AIDS; advertisement by the City of Houston Health and Human Services. Colour lithograph. ... More
A circle incorporating the words 'African American against Wellcome L0...
A circle incorporating the words 'African American against AIDS'; advertisement by the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services. Colour lithograph. Iconographic Collections Keywords: AIDS; AID... More
A coffee jug, a fork, the receiving end of a phone, a tab Wellcome L00...
A coffee jug, a fork, the receiving end of a phone, a tab on a computer, a toilet sign and a drinking tap with a message about where you can't get HIV; a poster from the Business responds to Aids advertising ca... More
A diphtheria skin lesion on the leg. PHIL 1941 lores
A diphtheria skin lesion on the leg. Corynebacterium diphtheriae can not only affect the respiratory system, but the skin as well, where it manifests as an open wound.
A hand holds up a plate of salad on a tray with a message Wellcome L00...
A hand holds up a plate of salad on a tray with a message indicating HIV is not transmitted in a restaurant; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Colour lithograph. Iconographic Col... More
A large insect with a message indicating that AIDS is not Wellcome L00...
A large insect with a message indicating that AIDS is not transmitted through bug bites; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Colour lithograph. Iconographic Collections Keywords: A... More
A list of ways in which you can and can't get AIDS; a Wellcome L005237...
A list of ways in which you can and can't get AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Black and white lithograph, 1991 Iconographic Collections Keywords: AIDS; United States. Dep... More
A man and wife with their baby with a message in Spanish to Wellcome L...
A man and wife with their baby with a message in Spanish to protect the future of one's family by learning the facts about HIV/AIDS; advertisement by the City of Houston Health and Human Services. Colour lithog... More
A man in a check shirt and gilet holding a hard hat under Wellcome L00...
A man in a check shirt and gilet holding a hard hat under his arm looks looks directly out at the viewer with an interview about talking of AIDS with his wife; advertisement by the U.S. Department of Health and... More
A man in a check shirt leans his chin on his knuckles; Wellcome L00523...
A man in a check shirt leans his chin on his knuckles; representation of the risk of AIDS in new relationships with text relating to an interview about how to broach the subject of AIDS on first dates; an adver... More
A man in a white shirt puts his hand on the suit of another Wellcome L...
A man in a white shirt puts his hand on the suit of another man with a message about how not to get HIV; a poster from the Business responds to Aids advertising campaign. Black and white lithograph, 1993. Icon... More
A man leans against some lockers holding two books with a Wellcome L00...
A man leans against some lockers holding two books with a warning about the connection between sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Black and ... More
A man leans against some lockers holding two books with a Wellcome L00...
A man leans against some lockers holding two books with a warning about the connection between sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Black and ... More
A man looks directly at the viewer with the words 'What Wellcome L0052...
A man looks directly at the viewer with the words 'What have you got against a condom?'; advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Black and white lithograp... More
A man looks looks directly out at the viewer with an Wellcome L0052347
A man looks looks directly out at the viewer with an interview about how talk to your children about AIDS; advertisement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Black and white lithograph, 1991. I... More
A man sits on a chair putting a sock on with a message Wellcome L00523...
A man sits on a chair putting a sock on with a message about how simple it is to put on a condom; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Black and white lithograph. Iconographic Colle... More
A man sits on a wall holding the arm of a woman who smiles Wellcome L0...
A man sits on a wall holding the arm of a woman who smiles representing a couple who may have HIV; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Black and white lithograph. Iconographic Coll... More
A man wearing a polo neck jumper Wellcome L0052336
A man wearing a polo neck jumper below the words 'What have you got against a condom?'. Text below reads 'The simple act of putting on a condom can save your life, if they're used properly and every time you ha... More
A man with his hands over his face, a woman with her hands Wellcome L0...
A man with his hands over his face, a woman with her hands covering her ears and another man with his hands covering his mouth with a message about how HIV is communicated; a poster from the America responds to... More