'The government must use this emergency to leverage every resource at our nation's disposal to equitably ramp up vaccines, testing, and funding of local health departments,' says HRC as the Biden administration declares a monkeypox emergency.
"The government must use this emergency to leverage every resource at our nation's disposal to equitably ramp up vaccines, testing, and funding of local health departments," said one advocacy group.Following growing activist pressure and criticism, the Biden administration on Thursday declared monkeypox a national public health emergency, a move that empowers federal agencies to better direct resources toward combating an outbreak that's infected thousands of Americans.
the administration is"prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, and we urge every American to take monkeypox seriously."and similar designations by U.S. states, counties, and cities including California, Illinois, New York, New York City, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco.
Thanking the Biden administration"for taking this critical step to fight monkeypox," Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochulthat"this will allow us to respond even more aggressively by increasing our testing, treatment, and vaccination efforts." Infectious disease experts and activists have criticized what they say is the federal government's lack of urgency in responding to monkeypox, which has infected more than 6,600 people in the United States as of Wednesday,
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