Republican leaders of a House health panel are pushing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for answers on flaws in the agency’s initial response to the spread of monkeypox in the US.
The letter—sent Thursday by Energy and Commerce ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.), Brett Guthrie (Ky.), and Morgan Griffith (Va.)—showcases how Republicans’ oversight agenda for 2023 is increasingly focused on public health agencies like the CDC and their failures in responding to the spread of Covid-19 and monkeypox.
The trio asked in the letter about the “flawed CDC diagnostic testing procedures ...
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