Monkeypox Declared Public Health Emergency. Now What?
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🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The Department of Health and Human Services' declaration Thursday means the federal government can use additional resources in trying to combat the spread of monkeypox, of which there are more than 7,500 cases in the United States. But, what exactly is monkeypox, and who is most at risk of contracting it? And with vaccination rollouts moving slowly, is there a concern the country has not fully learned from mistakes made in the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic?
This episode: White House correspondents Asma Khalid and Franco Ordoñez, and science correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff.
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| 0:45.3 | Eastern time on Monday, August, Dates, 2022. Things may have changed by the time you hear this, |
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| 0:57.1 | Labrador family that these are friends, not food. Okay, here's the show. |
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| 1:13.5 | Hey there, it's the npr politics podcast. I must m'ahlead. I cover the White House. |
| 1:18.1 | I'm Frank Ordonia's. I also cover the White House. And before we dive into today's show, |
| 1:23.0 | I just wanted to recap some major political news from the weekend. On Sunday, the Senate passed |
| 1:28.7 | the so-called inflation reduction act. The bill now heads to the house where it's expected to pass |
| 1:34.0 | fairly quickly. And this piece of legislation is a big win for President Biden's agenda. |
| 1:40.4 | On Friday's podcast, we actually took a deep dive into what the IRA could do. So if you all have |
| 1:45.5 | not heard that episode yet, just a quick plug to please check it out. And of course, we will be |
| 1:50.5 | back in your feeds to update you all as this bill makes its way to President Biden's desk. |
| 1:56.1 | All right, now on to today's show. Today, we are going to talk about monkey pox, |
| 2:01.2 | what we know about the virus, how severe the problem is, how severe it could get, |
| 2:06.6 | and what the federal government's response has been so far. And to do that, we are joined by |
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