EPISODE · Oct 24, 2023 · 28 MIN
Why new CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen thinks public health is a national security issue
from The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio · host Audacy
Dr. Mandy Cohen was sworn in as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this summer and she is now tasked with leading an agency that took its share of heat over the last few years. She gets that most people have pandemic fatigue, and that access to health care is inadequate for certain segments of the population. Still, Cohen has hope that with the right resources, the U.S. can start addressing public health as if it were a national security issue. Check out her exclusive conversation with KYW Newsradio's Matt Leon.
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Dr. Mandy Cohen was sworn in as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this summer and she is now tasked with leading an agency that took its share of heat over the last few years. She gets that most people have pandemic fatigue, and that access to health care is inadequate for certain segments of the population. Still, Cohen has hope that with the right resources, the U.S. can start addressing public health as if it were a national security issue. Check out her exclusive conversation with KYW Newsradio's Matt Leon.
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