Read the post Flying This Holiday Season? Here’s What to Expect November 16, 2022 Flying during the last few holiday seasons hasn’t been anyone’s idea of fun. Along with the usual...
Read the post As the Next Round of COVID Boosters Become Widely Available and Flu Season Begins, What Do We Know about Adult Vaccination Rates? October 19, 2022 With new COVID-19 boosters rolling out and flu season just around the corner, vaccinations are top...
Read the post Our Latest Report on COVID-19 Includes 15 New Recommendations to Improve Federal Efforts April 27, 2022 As the pandemic enters its third year, the nation continues to face challenges related to COVID’s...
Read the post The Crisis of Drug Misuse and Federal Efforts to Address It November 19, 2021 Earlier this week, many media outlets ran stories highlighting the growing crisis of drug misuse in...
Read the post Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities—Before and During the Pandemic September 28, 2021 News headlines during the pandemic have highlighted the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 across...
Read the post New GAO Report Suggests Many Ways to Improve COVID Response July 19, 2021 While it may feel like the pandemic is slowly fading, the Delta variant has brought an uptick in new...
Read the post The Additional Risks and Challenges for Pregnant Women in Rural and Underserved Communities May 13, 2021 Note: This blog has been updated. The original version showed death rates as a percentage rather...
Read the post A Major Eviction Moratorium Ends March 31—Then What? March 16, 2021 COVID-19 has led to widespread unemployment and financial difficulties for millions of Americans...
Read the post How Can the Federal Government Strengthen Its Response to COVID-19? September 21, 2020 Today’s WatchBlog looks at our third report on the implementation of the CARES Act and other...
Read the post How Prepared Are We for a Pandemic? March 05, 2020 The outbreak and spread of COVID-19 from China to the U.S. shores has brought the term coronavirus...
Read the post COVID-19 Vaccines and the Lessons Learned from H1N1 January 14, 2021 As the federal government responds to the coronavirus pandemic, we here at GAO have been monitoring...
Read the post Why is CDC Screening Fewer People for Breast and Cervical Cancer? December 08, 2020 About 265,000 women in the U.S. were diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer in 2017, according to...
