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Princeton's WordNet

  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. 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. Anthony Fauci:

    Don't take this as a signal that we can pull back from the recommendations that you just heard from Dr. [Rochelle] Walensky – about the need for vaccination, for boostering, for wearing masks and all the other CDC recommendations.

  2. Amorn Wanichwiwatana:

    It is really a journey, a spokesperson for CDC (Thailand Constitution Drafting Commissioner) talked to the media about his work as a CDC member

  3. Andy Biggs:

    While the new mask guidance is encouraging, the CDC and my Far Radical Left colleagues only chose to do this to distract from the consequences of catastrophic policy decisions that have been heard around the world, inflation is rising, the Middle East is in shambles, the working class can’t fill up their gas tanks, our border is being overrun and the Biden Administration’s leadership is nowhere to be found.

  4. Aidy Bryant:

    At least we have the CDC, I mean they haven't always been perfect, but the science changed.

  5. The ACU:

    The exposure occurred previous to the conference. A New Jersey hospital tested the person, and CDC confirmed the positive result, the individual is under the care of medical professionals in the state of New Jersey, and has been quarantined.

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