Out of focus: data and public health

Data-sharing models from San Diego and Chicago could provide a roadmap for the rest of the country.

The field is finding new and creative approaches to how it uses data.

Few decisions in the field are perfect. We must be prepared to make them anyway.

In the U.S., data is handled differently for every disease. Jennifer Layden hopes to improve that system.

The new test deems many patients of color sicker and White ones healthier.

How we record and remember the deaths of people in custody matters.

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the urgent need for an information overhaul.

There are new ways to gather data on marginalized groups. It’s time to use them.

The public wants the agency to be more open about its data.