Lessons to learn look more like failures repeated

Caught out on one virus, US health agency heads down wrong path on monkeypox, observers say

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, has come under fire over its slow response to the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, and some suggest its tardiness mirrors mistakes made early in the coronavirus pandemic.

The CDC's recent admission that it mishandled the country's COVID-19 outbreak in the crucial early stages has prompted soul-searching within an organization that now faces a fresh test in the form of another rapidly spreading virus.

Health officials identified the first monkeypox infection in the US on May 17 in Boston, the CDC said. New York City identified a case the next day.