CDC Avails $262M to New Network Aimed at Responding to Future Disease Outbreaks
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) will provide $262 million to fund the development of a new disease outbreak response network. Per the announcement, recipients will receive grants from the pool of more than $250 million to establish America’s first-ever response network in anticipation of future disease outbreaks. The grants will fund the development and implementation of new tools meant to detect and mitigate public health emergencies such as pandemics and disease outbreaks in the future. According to a statement from the CDC, it will distribute funds for the development of the Outbreak Analytics and Disease Modeling Network (OADMN) to…