CDC
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Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC)
- The CDC released new guidelines on how to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
- CDC guidelines
- CDC recommends
- CDC report
And then one guy said CDC rules you'd be wearing a mask.
- And then one guy said CDC rules you'd be wearing a mask.
- But first, we begin with the CDC's mask mandate.
- The second factor, according to the CDC, is fear.
- They cite inconsistent implementation of the CDC's eviction ban on COVID.
- Unfortunately, the official CDC test was defective.
- And the CDC responded by saying, we're the CDC, we don't use the term epidemic lightly.
- But but then today the CDC deleted that.
- OK, we were talking about how the CDC issued a travel advisory to Canada.
- You've got FDA, you've got the CDC, you've got the NIH.
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Today, the CDC unveiled designs for America's new immunity passes.
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We're expecting peak cases via the CDC in January.
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But now some people are telling the CDC to slow their roll.
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I already told you this is CDC business.
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What does the CDC know?
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The CDC is here for you.
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The CDC knew about this.
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The second factor, according to the CDC, is fear.
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Can I ask you what the CDC is doing here, Mr. Kaufman?
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One example is the online toolkits created by the CDC, targeted specifically for schools.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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A U.S. government health agency that studies and prevents diseases
Surface Forms
Etymology
CDC is the short form of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a U.S. health agency. Think of it as a 'center' where experts work to 'control' and 'prevent' disease, which is why the CDC studies outbreaks and gives advice to keep people safe.