Government Accounting Office (GAO) tells HHS to fix persistent deficiencies before a next pandemic

GAO to HHS: Fix 'persistent deficiencies' in infectious-disease testing before next pandemic The woman had amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare, often fatal brain infection caused by the ameba Naegleria fowleri. CIDRAP

The latest report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) makes four recommendations and details nearly 100 ways the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could improve federal diagnostic testing during a public health crisis such as a pandemic. ...

"Pandemic threats are ever-present, with factors such as increasing animal-to-human disease transmission risk through farming practices, wildlife trade, and habitat loss in recent decades contributing to the threat."

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