Biden Names FEMA, CDC Officials to Lead Monkeypox Response

Biden Names FEMA, CDC Officials to Lead Monkeypox Response
Robert Fenton Jr., senior official performing the duties of FEMA administrator, testifies at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2021. Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday appointed senior officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to coordinate the country’s monkeypox outbreak response.

The White House said FEMA’s Robert Fenton and the CDC’s Dr. Demetre Daskalakis as his deputy will coordinate strategies and operations to “combat the current monkeypox outbreak.”
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