Ashleigh Furlong, a Bloomberg journalist focusing on health and science, joins the discussion about the recent resurgence of mpox. With a new, deadly strain emerging, the conversation highlights the WHO's declaration of a new global health emergency. Furlong critiques the uneven global response, emphasizing the vaccine access disparities between the West and Africa. She discusses the dire need for prompt vaccine deployment in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where vaccine shortages threaten to exacerbate the outbreak and impact vulnerable communities.
