Dr. Anthony Fries, a bioinformatics scientist, (left), and Dr. Paul Sjoberg, a program manager with the Department of Defense Global Respiratory Pathogen Surveillance Program at USAFSAM’s Epi Lab, discuss how the lab and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitor influenza to provide the U.S. Food and Drug Administration critical data for manufacturers of the flu vaccine in Episode 21 of AFRL’s “Lab Life” podcast, now available for download. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Lewis)