CDC director calls for data-based, prevention-focused community health care during a talk at Johns Hopkins

Data will play a critical role in shifting the nation’s focus from sick care to prevention and protecting the United States from health threats, said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mandy Cohen during the June 26 installment of the Johns Hopkins Health Policy Forum.

Cohen joined Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Dean Sarah Szanton for the quarterly event, held in-person for the first time since its launch during the pandemic at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. During the talk, which was also livestreamed, Cohen...