CDC

aid: cdc
name: CDC
description: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a suite of public APIs for accessing disease
  surveillance data, vaccination rates, health statistics, environmental public health tracking, and public health datasets.
  Key offerings include the CDC WONDER API for querying mortality and disease databases, the Open Data API powered by Socrata
  for thousands of datasets across categories such as flu vaccinations, STDs, injury, and NCHS statistics, the Environmental
  Public Health Tracking Network API for environmental health data, and the PHIN VADS vocabulary service for public health
  terminology.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cdc.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cdc/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Public Health
- Disease Surveillance
- Vaccination
- Health Statistics
- Government
- Open Data
- Environmental Health
- Mortality
- CDC WONDER
apis:
- name: CDC WONDER API
  description: The CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research) API enables automated data queries in
    XML format over HTTP. Supports access to online databases covering mortality, natality, cancer statistics, AIDS/HIV, tuberculosis,
    sexually transmitted diseases, and environmental health data. Requests are HTTP POST to the WONDER controller endpoint
    with XML parameters; responses are returned as XML.
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  humanURL: https://wonder.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/datarequest
  tags:
  - Disease Surveillance
  - Mortality
  - Epidemiology
  - Public Health
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/WONDER-API.html
  contact:
  - FN: CDC WONDER
    email: wonder@cdc.gov
- name: CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network API
  description: Allows querying of data from the CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. Returns JSON-formatted
    responses covering environmental health indicators such as air quality, water quality, climate data, and their associations
    with health outcomes across the United States.
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  humanURL: https://ephtracking.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/apigateway/api/v1
  tags:
  - Environmental Health
  - Air Quality
  - Water Quality
  - Climate
  - Public Health
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/apihelp
  contact:
  - FN: CDC Tracking
    email: trackingsupport@cdc.gov
- name: CDC Content Syndication API
  description: Enables CDC to offer web content to other sites and applications. Provides structured access to CDC health
    content including articles, health topics, media, and tools in JSON and XML formats for syndication to third-party websites
    and public health information systems.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://tools.cdc.gov/api/docs/info.aspx
  baseURL: https://tools.cdc.gov/api/v2
  tags:
  - Content
  - Health Information
  - Syndication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tools.cdc.gov/api/docs/info.aspx#response
  contact:
  - FN: CDC Digital Media
    email: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
- name: PHIN VADS API
  description: The Public Health Information Network Vocabulary Access and Distribution System (PHIN VADS) is a web-based
    enterprise vocabulary system for accessing, searching, and distributing vocabularies used in public health and clinical
    care practice. Provides REST access to standardized code sets and value sets used in public health reporting.
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  humanURL: https://phinvads.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://phinvads.cdc.gov/vocabService/v2
  tags:
  - Vocabulary
  - Terminology
  - Standards
  - Public Health
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phinvads.cdc.gov/vads/developersGuide.action
  contact:
  - FN: PHIN VADS Support
    email: phinvads@cdc.gov
- aid: cdc:cdc-app-notifications-api
  name: CDC app-notifications API
  description: The app-notifications API from CDC — 1 operation(s) for app-notifications.
  humanURL: https://data.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://data.cdc.gov/resource
  tags:
  - app-notifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cdc-app-notifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-ecr-refiner
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-query-connector
- aid: cdc:cdc-code-systems-api
  name: CDC code-systems API
  description: The code-systems API from CDC — 1 operation(s) for code-systems.
  humanURL: https://data.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://data.cdc.gov/resource
  tags:
  - code-systems
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cdc-code-systems-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-ecr-refiner
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-query-connector
- aid: cdc:cdc-conditions-api
  name: CDC conditions API
  description: The conditions API from CDC — 2 operation(s) for conditions.
  humanURL: https://data.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://data.cdc.gov/resource
  tags:
  - conditions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cdc-conditions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-ecr-refiner
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-query-connector
- aid: cdc:cdc-configurations-api
  name: CDC configurations API
  description: The configurations API from CDC — 15 operation(s) for configurations.
  humanURL: https://data.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://data.cdc.gov/resource
  tags:
  - configurations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cdc-configurations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-ecr-refiner
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-query-connector
- aid: cdc:cdc-events-api
  name: CDC events API
  description: The events API from CDC — 2 operation(s) for events.
  humanURL: https://data.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://data.cdc.gov/resource
  tags:
  - events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cdc-events-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-ecr-refiner
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-query-connector
- aid: cdc:cdc-query-api
  name: CDC Query API
  description: The Query API from CDC — 1 operation(s) for query.
  humanURL: https://data.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://data.cdc.gov/resource
  tags:
  - Query
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cdc-query-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-ecr-refiner
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-query-connector
- aid: cdc:cdc-query-connector-api-openapi-3-0-api
  name: CDC Query Connector API OpenAPI 3.0 API
  description: The Query Connector API OpenAPI 3.0 API from CDC — 1 operation(s) for query connector api openapi 3.0.
  humanURL: https://data.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://data.cdc.gov/resource
  tags:
  - Query Connector API OpenAPI 3.0
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cdc-query-connector-api-openapi-3-0-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-ecr-refiner
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-query-connector
- aid: cdc:cdc-releases-api
  name: CDC releases API
  description: The releases API from CDC — 1 operation(s) for releases.
  humanURL: https://data.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://data.cdc.gov/resource
  tags:
  - releases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cdc-releases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-ecr-refiner
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-query-connector
- aid: cdc:cdc-simulator-api
  name: CDC simulator API
  description: The simulator API from CDC — 3 operation(s) for simulator.
  humanURL: https://data.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://data.cdc.gov/resource
  tags:
  - simulator
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cdc-simulator-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-ecr-refiner
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-query-connector
- aid: cdc:cdc-user-api
  name: CDC user API
  description: The user API from CDC — 1 operation(s) for user.
  humanURL: https://data.cdc.gov
  baseURL: https://data.cdc.gov/resource
  tags:
  - user
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cdc-user-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-ecr-refiner
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/CDCgov/dibbs-query-connector
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cdc-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cdc-domain-security.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://open.cdc.gov/apis.html
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/CDCgov
- type: Authentication
  url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/app-tokens.html
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.cdc.gov/other/policies.html
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.cdc.gov/other/privacy.html
- type: Licensing
  url: https://www.cdc.gov/other/policies.html#linking
- type: JSONLD
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cdc/refs/heads/main/json-ld/apis-jsonld.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com