Australia to set up CDC

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PUBLIC HEALTH ;Australia is establishing a Centre for Disease Control (CDC), joining the majority of advanced countries in having a national health agency. Australia's states and territories will retain responsibility for public health;the new CDC is meant to provide nationwide surveillance of disease outbreaks and help improve coordination, "something that was sorely lacking during COVID", says Ben Marais, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Sydney. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Science is the property of American Association for the Advancement of Science and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)