White House warns US 'not adequately prepared' to handle future pandemics without new strategy
September 03, 2021 at 12:55 PM EDT
The White House warned Friday that the United States is currently “not adequately prepared” to handle future pandemics and other “high consequence biological threats," and rolled out a strategy that would “fundamentally transform” the nation's ability to prevent, detect and rapidly respond to pandemics and threats.