The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is highlighting the failure of the federal government to address public health information needs with respect to monkeypox and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  GAO notes that more than 15 years ago the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was directed by Congress through law to create a network that would provide real-time information on things like positive case numbers and resources that could help prevent the spread of diseases -- but that such a network still doesn’t exist.  To read the GAO highlights on the failure of the federal government to address public health information needs with respect to monkeypox and COVID-19, use the link below.
https://www.gao.gov/blog/monkeypox-and-covid-19-highlight-need-real-time-public-health-information?utm_campaign=usgao_email&utm_content=daybook&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery