How the Covid-19 pandemic prepared the White House to respond to monkeypox
WASHINGTON — The man at the center of the White House’s biodefense strategy is only four months into his job, but he’s already facing down a fresh crisis.
The Covid-19 pandemic led President Biden to recreate a position at the White House’s National Security Council to oversee global health security — and none too soon, since the man in the position, Raj Panjabi, is now in charge of the White House’s response to monkeypox. When Panjabi, a physician with extensive public health experience in Liberia was named to TIME magazine’s list of most influential people in 2016 for his work during the Ebola epidemic, his entry was written by former President Bill Clinton.
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