US Lawmakers Set to Quiz Health Officials on Monkeypox Response

A top Senate Democrat will lead US lawmakers in questioning health officials on the federal response to the country’s monkeypox outbreak that’s the world’s biggest.

Heads of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Health and Human Services Department’s preparedness office are slated to testify Sept. 14 at 10 a.m., according to a statement from the office of Senator Patty Murray of Washington state, who chairs the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Bloomberg reported last month that the hearing was planned for mid-September.