House Panel Passes Infectious-Disease Fighting Fund
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The House Appropriations Committee's Labor/HHS Subcommittee approved an additional $300m in funding next year for an "Infectious Disease Rapid Response Reserve Fund" to be run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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