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The CDC says the coming end of the public health emergency means the agency will be scaling back the data it routinely collects and releases about the pandemic.

Instead of following COVID-19 cases, the agency will track the burden and spread of disease primarily through hospitalizations and deaths.

The CDC is expected to end “community level” tracking of COVID-19 with the end of the emergency phase of the pandemic.

Three years ago we were caught flat-footed, and many people died.

Some shared data requirements will end and the federal government will lose access to key metrics as a skeptical Congress seems unlikely to grant agencies additional powers.

Many Americans have moved on from the pandemic, but for the millions who are immunocompromised or otherwise more vulnerable to COVID-19, reliable data remains important in assessing safety.

The pandemic gave federal officials expanded power to access crucial data about the spread of covid-19, but that authority will change when the public health emergency sunsets in May. That, along with the end of popular covid trackers, will make it harder for policymakers and the public to keep an eye on covid and other threats.

Joel Wakefield isn't just an armchair epidemiologist. His interest in tracking the spread of covid is personal.

The pandemic gave federal officials expanded power to access crucial data about the spread of COVID-19, but that authority will change when the public health emergency sunsets in May.

"The pandemic gave federal officials expanded power to access crucial data about the spread of COVID-19, but that authority will change when the public ...