Mpox Response Highlights the Risks of Repeating Past Mistakes
Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Mpox Response Highlights the Risks of Repeating Past Mistakes
After the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a new worldwide health emergency--a global outbreak of Mpox, which may be better known as monkeypox. That outbreak once again highlighted the need for a strong federal response to public health emergencies. But even after all we've observed from COVID, the federal government's response efforts to public health emergencies like these still face a number of challenges. GAO's Mary Denigan-Macauley tells us more.