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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

   CDC stands for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a national public health institute in the United States. It is a federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its main goal is to protect public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and internationally.

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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. Angela Campbell:

   The CDC's just not possible to figure The CDC out right now.

2. Robert Redfield:

   We're very comfortable in responding when we have data that is compelling, cDC, as an organization ... we're not an opinion organization. We're a science-based data driven organization. So I do think this is going to be an independent decision of these health care providers and patients.

3. Megan Ranney:

   We can't get the masks and other protective gears that we need. We are being told by the CDC to reuse masks for every patient.

4. Kari Nadeau:

   So that if there is a cluster, or if there’s a group of people that all of a sudden have complained about a rash or given symptoms, that really helps doctors come together with institutions like the CDC and do a little bit more fact-finding.

5. Andy Slavitt:

   I think [the CDC] is pretty good in peace time.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cdc
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