In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread criticism of the response from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Director Rochelle Walensky has called for sweeping change in the way ...

Public health relies on data – whether it is tracking the effectiveness of a given year’s flu vaccine, monitoring blood lead ...

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Because Trump had harshly criticized public health officials during his campaign, STAT anticipated there might be changes to federal health websites. As rumors began swirling near the end of January ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was modernizing a public health surveillance system used by 25 health jurisdictions nationwide to track diseases like hepatitis and tuberculosis when the ...

Data modernization is crucial to making public health more equitable. A robust, state-of-the-art data system can provide deeper insights into health disparities, guide targeted interventions, and ...