The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is running out of ways to be creative with its limited pandemic funds and needs more flexibility from Congress, Director Rochelle Walensky told CQ Roll Call in an exclusive interview Wednesday.
The White House last month requested nearly $10 billion more for short-term needs related to COVID-19 and to stave off a winter surge, including money for vaccines, therapeutics, accelerated research and long COVID-19 treatment.
Walensky is hoping for more funding, in addition to more authority to improve data reporting from states and medical providers.
