NFID invites you to attend the final event in its Respiratory Season News Briefing Series. This briefing will provide a pulse check – with the latest updates for the 2025–2026 respiratory season, with new survey findings, data on vaccine uptake, expert perspectives, and personal stories that will highlight: 

  • Emerging challenges in protecting public health – from trust to access barriers  
  • What’s at stake for individual families, communities, and the US healthcare system  
  • The immediate and long-term implications for public health stemming from the complex and evolving respiratory vaccination landscape  

When: December 3, 2025, from 12:00-1:00 PM ET

Who: NFID Medical Director Robert (Bob) H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, will moderate a panel discussion with experts including:

  • Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH – Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2021-2023; Professor, Harvard Medical School, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Advisor, Vaccine Integrity Project
  • Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD – Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine; Co-Director, Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development; Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine
  • Tom Frieden, MD, MPH – Former Director of CDC, 2009-2017; Founder and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives
  • Nandini Selvam, PhD, MPH – Vice President and General Manager, IQVIA

Media Contact: NFID@apcoworldwide.com

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