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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

To support this critical command and control need, Congress established the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR) in 2023 to coordinate the federal agencies’ domestic response to public health threats that have pandemic potential or that may cause significant disruption.

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COVID-19 in 2025: ‘A Constant Threat, but a Manageable One’

BU School of Public Health Blog

A robust surveillance system is required to make sure we can respond in time before an outbreak occursand also ensures that we have the diagnostics required to be able to rapidly characterize what is circulating, Nichols says. She continues to study emerging diseases, and says the progression of H5N1 remains a top concern.