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Mpox Response Highlights the Risks of Repeating Past Mistakes

Thursday, April 18, 2024
Mpox Response Highlights the Risks of Repeating Past Mistakes

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.