In a recent essay, pediatrician-scientist Peter Hotez proposes a focus on local data, improved benefit-risk communications, actively countering health disinformation, and state-level action to address antivaccine sentiment in the U.S.

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine are serving as the central data hub for the CHARM Network, a new five-year pandemic preparedness initiative funded by the CDC. This includes ensuring real-time public access to results on the incidence of the most common respiratory infections.