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cdc

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1. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDCnoun

   a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)

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1. cdc

   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.The agency's main goal is the protection of public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and worldwide. The CDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease control and prevention. It especially focuses its attention on infectious disease, food borne pathogens, environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, injury prevention and educational activities designed to improve the health of United States citizens. The CDC also conducts research and provides information on non-infectious diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, and is a founding member of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes.The Director of the CDC is Rochelle Walensky (as of 2022). The Director reports to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. Since 2020, the CDC has faced scrutiny for its handing of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, following an internal examination, Walensky acknowledged "some pretty dramatic, pretty public mistakes, from testing to data to communications" and called for a reorganization of the CDC.

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1. CDC

   What does CDC stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CDC acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cdc in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cdc in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cdc in a Sentence

1. Melinda Gates:

   We got deeply involved in Ebola, and we're already getting deeply involved in Zika, we try to bring the best scientists together, and all the best thinking together, with CDC, with WHO.

2. Robert Redfield:

   I want to make it very clear that what is not the intent of CDC's guidelines is to be used as a rationale to keep schools closed, it would be personally very disappointing to me, and, I know, my agency, if we saw that individuals were using these guidelines as a rationale for not reopening our schools.

3. Warren Davidson:

   Dr. Fauci is at odds with The CDC, he has repeatedly put political science ahead of the science on COVID-19.

4. Mike Braun:

   Just last month, the CDC released data that demonstrated natural immunity was 3-4 times as effective in preventing COVID-19 compared with vaccination, the Biden Administration needs to release the full data on natural immunity from HHS instead of imposing heavy-handed mandates and confusing guidance that have gotten in the way of our recovery. Americans deserve full transparency and answers.

5. Dan Leveton:

   We're not concerned because we have other covid funding we're using for now and will use the CDC's funding when it comes through.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cdc
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cdc