Conference Presentation, Interview, Fireside Chat
A Conversation with CDC Director Mandy Cohen | Milken Institute Global Conference 2024
- The CDC plans to pivot its strategy to address chronic disease, heart disease, and viruses, including a forward deployment of international personnel to identify and halt genetic changes in viruses like avian flu at their source to protect the United States.
- Strategic investments in data capacity, laboratory diagnostics, workforce, and response capabilities will be communicated to the public, alongside continued investment in electronic case reporting this year to enable faster health threat identification.
- Vaccination updates are anticipated later this year, with flu and COVID vaccine clinics expected to occur this fall.
- Businesses are projected to experience ongoing productivity losses due to worker absences resulting from children contracting RSV.
- Efforts will prioritize young families to ensure children receive the best start in life regardless of zip code.
- The organization is evaluating AI use cases, including large language models and the analysis of online conversations and social media, to distinguish signal from noise and identify community problems.
- Vaccine trust is expected to require time to build through individualized conversations rather than being established immediately.