Walensky, Private Sector Experts Call For More CDC Access To Data

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky reiterated her calls for Congress to grant the agency greater data collection authorities at the Milken Institute’s “Future of Health Summit” conference, where she was joined by several speakers outside the government who said public health agencies should be the entities best positioned to collect and disseminate health data. “We have to have the authorities to be more nimble, data authorities,” Walensky said during an appearance at the Milken event Wednesday (Dec. 7). Many people assume...