The ongoing pandemic that has killed more than 1 million people in the United States

Last week, Rochelle Walensky, the head of the nation’s top public health agency, announced the need for a "reset" at the organization amid criticism of the mismanagement of COVID and monkeypox.

We speak with Dr. Debra Houry, the acting principal deputy director of the CDC about what went wrong at the beginning of the pandemic, what this “shake up” will entail, and how the CDC can do better with other public health emergencies, including monkeypox.