Senate Health Committee Plans Hearings on Monkeypox Response (1)

US lawmakers will look to press Biden administration health officials on their response to the growing monkeypox outbreak in a Senate hearing planned for next month, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is planning the hearing on monkeypox for mid-September, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.

Concerns about monkeypox are rising, with both Republican and Democratic lawmakers pushing the Biden administration for information on its work to quell the outbreak and secure vaccine supplies. In a letter dated Aug. 23, HELP Committee ...