"Global Efforts to Prevent Future Pandemics Intensify"

The Biden Administration has unveiled a new Global Health Security Strategy aimed at preventing, detecting, and responding to the spread of infectious diseases globally. The strategy includes expanding health security partnerships to 50 countries, improving coordination across the U.S. government, and seeking international commitments to pandemic preparedness. However, experts express concerns about gaps in the strategy, including insufficient funding and lack of focus on disinformation about vaccines and public health. The U.S. initiative comes as the World Health Organization works on its own pandemic accord, with negotiations ongoing about information sharing, vaccine distribution, and financing.