Why an interdepartmental coordination group should be part of the CDCs reforms for future pandemics

On August 17, 2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced sweeping reforms to allow the CDC to publish data quicker and make public health guidelines clearer to improve the effectiveness of the agency. This is an important step to address many of the CDCs shortcomings that came to light during the COVID-19 pandemic. As Dr. Walensky acknowledged, many of these problems arose from the calcified, bureaucratic nature of the CDC.