With travel season ramping up, the CDC just hit a record number of volunteers to help monitor any viruses on the move
With travel season ramping up, the CDC just hit a record number of volunteers to help monitor any viruses on the move  
Podcast: The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
Published On: Mon Mar 23 2026
Description: Over one million people have now participated in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Traveler-Based Genomic Surveillance. The purely voluntary program helps to detect and respond to emerging public health threats. To learn more about the scope of the program and what this milestone means, Federal News Network’s Eric White spoke with Heather Reese, who leads the TGS program at the CDC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.