White House Boosts Pandemic Office Role Amid GOP Skepticism

The White House Friday (April 12) boosted the scope of its pandemic office, coming as Republicans and a key conservative think tank express concerns about the office’s role in emergency response. Response to a human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) demonstrates that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), not the White House, should lead responses to infectious disease outbreaks, a conservative health analyst said, following criticism from congressional Republicans about the vagueness of the White House...