In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and last year’s mpox outbreak, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Mandy Cohen is updating the agency’s data-sharing strategy for the next two years — with a focus on what the agency can do without congressional help.
Republicans have been reluctant to hand more power to the CDC after the pandemic, with that distrust contributing to a number of issues, including a failure to reauthorize the 2006 pandemic preparedness law, which expired last September.
The new policies outlined in the 2024-2025 public health data strategy do not necessarily require congressional authorities, instead focusing on encouraging partnerships between hospitals and local public health systems.
