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Planning for the Next Public Health Emergency and Medical Countermeasure Development

Thursday, February 2, 2023
Planning for the Next Public Health Emergency and Medical Countermeasure Development

Planning for the Next Public Health Emergency and Medical Countermeasure Development

COVID-19 has underscored the importance of being able to rapidly develop, manufacture, and distribute medical countermeasures--such as drugs, vaccines and testing supplies. But in the early days of the pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found itself unprepared to produce these critical supplies. We talk with GAO's Mary Denigan-Macauley to find out more.