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Public health at the federal level.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the lead federal agency for promoting and protecting the health and safety of people -at home and abroad-by prmiding credible information to enhance health decisions and promoting health through strong partnerships. "The agency works to accomplish its mission in a number of ways: for example, through monitoring health, conducting research on the prevention of disease, developing and promoting sound public health policies, implementing prevention strategies, promoting healthy behaviors, fostering sate and healthful emironments, and providing leadership and training. In 1998, CDC made a …