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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.
According to recent case reports, 90 percent of those who got mpox in the US during this outbreak who reported their sexual orientation were men who identified as gay or bisexual.
People at high risk, including gay and bisexual men, should get vaccinated, the agency advises.
A similarly negative GAO report spurred out U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres to introduce legislation overhauling the federal response to future outbreaks.
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.
It’s now possible to get the previously scarce and complicated-to-access vaccine at one’s local pharmacy.
Johnson, now House speaker, has been on the board of anti-LGBTQ+ activist Ray Comfort's Living Waters ministry since 2013.
A year after the painful infection surfaced in the U.S., Biden administration officials are confident they can keep the virus under control with the public’s help.
More than 300,000 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with the virus, including 23 who died.
