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LOS ANGELES, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The United States is increasing its testing capacity and vaccine supply to address monkeypox outbreak as more than 1,000 confirmed cases have been reported nationwide.

Democrats sent drug pricing provisions of their reconciliation package to the Senate parliamentarian this week.

The Biden administration announced it is authorizing commercial laboratories to conduct monkeypox tests in an attempt to dramatically expand testing as the United States confronts a record outbreak.

"The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is authorizing commercial laboratories to conduct monkeypox tests in an attempt to dramatically expand testing as the United States confronts a record outbreak that experts fear is far larger than the official count of 156 cases."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started shipping test kits to five commercial laboratory companies this week.

State’s COVID monitoring system leaves public blind to new variants

Two years into the pandemic, Florida’s monitoring system for COVID has left the public blind to the arrival of highly contagious variants.

Two years into the pandemic, Florida’s monitoring system for COVID has left the public blind to the arrival of highly contagious variants until cases surge. But improving that system isn't happening as quickly as it may need to should another variant surface.

Two years into the pandemic, Florida’s monitoring system for COVID has left the public blind to the arrival of highly contagious variants until cases surge. But improving that system isn't happening as quickly as it may need to should another variant surface.

Walgreens has its own pandemic tracking tool, the Walgreens COVID-19 Index, which offers state-by-state surveillance of omicron and positivity rates.