CDC

abbreviation for

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: the branch of the U.S. Public Health Service under the Department of Health and Human Services charged with the investigation and control of contagious disease in the nation.

CDC

CDC

A government agency headquartered in Atlanta , Georgia , which is responsible for the control and suppression of infectious diseases. It offers a national information database on infectious disease and national support to the health care community by providing research and control measures in response to imminent health threats, such as epidemics .

Regardless, there could be a sidewalk full of sign-hoisting demonstrators outside the CDC if the recommendations are confirmed.

According to the CDC, that figure could be even higher, around 42 percent.

With a rescue plan in place and a five-year, $4.9 million contract between Phoenix and the CDC, the planes went into storage.

In 2007 though, there were outbreaks reported to the CDC on 21 leisure voyages, including one on the QE-II.

In CDC-speak, the problem is filed under the vessel sanitation program (VSP).

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