CDC Revamp To Include A New Office For Public Health Data, Tech

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CDC Revamp To Include A New Office For Public Health Data, TechThe new office for data, surveillance, and technology, Bloomberg reports, is aimed at boosting monitoring for potential public health threats. Another new office, set to be part of a CDC shake-up, will tackle equity in health care. Walensky is also forming an Office of Health Equity that will report to her team, according to the person, who asked not to be named discussing details that aren’t public. (Vaziri, 1/24)Stat: Is WHO Ready To End The Covid Emergency? On Friday, an emergency committee will meet again to deliberate whether the time has come to recommend to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that he declare the global health emergency is over.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

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