Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health has shaped our daily lives as never before, from how people come together for work and social events to whether precautions like vaccines are required to dine out. Two prominent voices in public health, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha and Philadelphia Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole join Inquirer health reporter Jason Laughlin and Health editor Letitia Stein to discuss the White House’s COVID strategy for 2023, how the pandemic changed public health, and what challenges public health faces in the year ahead.