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Gay members of Congress worried about mpox outbreak ask for data in letter to Joe Biden (exclusive)

Reps. Ritchie Torres and Mark Pocan sent a letter to the president and Health and Human Services Secretary to learn what the administration is doing to prepare against a potentially worse mpox outbreak.

US rep Ritchie Torres NY introduces new bill to address failures to federal governments mpox response after critical GAO report
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The federal government failed on mpox. Ritchie Torres's new bill addresses that (exclusive)

A new Government Accountability Office report highlights significant flaws in the federal handling of the mpox outbreak, emphasizing the need for a more unified public health response system to tackle future health emergencies better.

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Mpox Is Almost Gone in the US, Leaving Lessons & Mysteries Behind

More than 300,000 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with the virus, including 23 who died.