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perihelions

Maybe this is what you're referring to?

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/12/23-0464_article

Also shows neurological symptoms in cats (and high mortality),

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/7/24-0508_article

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I don't think I've ever seen a "wwwnc" TLD prefix before.

It’s not a TLD. It’s a subdomain and can be anything the domain owner wants. The TLD is .gov.

The CDC uses:

    -  www.cdc.gov/ (domain)
    -  cdc.gov (domain)
    -  wwwn.cdc.gov/ (domain)
    -  wwwnc.cdc.gov/ (domain)
    -  www2c.cdc.gov/ (domain)
    -  blogs.cdc.gov/ (domain)
    -  emergency.cdc.gov/ (domain)

What does the n, nc, and 2c mean?

Probably just gov nonsense someone decided to slip in there because it seemed like a good idea at the time/the person in charge of making technical decisions was out of their depth, as often is the case in the government web space.

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