Biden Names Monkeypox Czar Amid Criticism of Federal Response
Posted on AllSides August 2nd, 2022
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President Biden on Tuesday appointed a national monkeypox response coordinator, a bid to improve the federal government’s response to the outbreak.
Robert Fenton, a Federal Emergency Management Agency regional administrator and former acting head of the agency, will serve as monkeypox coordinator, the White House said. Demetre Daskalakis, currently director of the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention, would work as his deputy.
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