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Is the US prepared to deal with another pandemic or widespread health crisis?
Short answer: Better than in 2020 in several concrete ways, but still not where it needs to be—especially on workforce, coordination, stable funding, and global cooperation.
Where the U.S. is stronger now
- Faster medical countermeasures: HHS’s ASPR and BARDA have updated multi‑year plans and budgets to speed vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and domestic manufacturing; FDA continues to refine emerge