The CDC is reminding residents to get their flu shots in good time.
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Short for 疾病预防控制中心. China has one at every level, from the national 中国疾控中心 in Beijing down to each province, city and county, and doctors report cases of infectious disease to them. The US CDC is 美国疾控中心.
history
The national center was founded in 2002, and around the same time the local 卫生防疫站 'health and epidemic prevention stations' were turned into disease control centers.
