The Centers for Disease and Control Prevention plans to spend $110 million to aid states in tracking and preventing diseases, according to The Hill.
Here are seven notes:
1. The Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement allocated this year's funding.
2. The funds will support the CDC's PulseNet surveillance system. The system connects food borne illness cases to DNA "fingerprinting" of bacteria.
3. The funds additionally will aid the Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence in establishing a new Northeast Regional center to respond to outbreaks.
4. Approximately $9.2 million will help state, local and territorial health departments build and maintain disease surveillance, detection and prevention programs to limit the number of individuals infected by the West Nile virus and other mosquito- and tick-borne viruses.
5. The CDC allotted $1.5 million to help fight Lyme disease, which affects around 300,000 individuals each year.
6. In addition, about $6 million will establish local, state and territorial health coordinators who will track vaccine-preventable diseases including measles and pertussis.
7. The CDC will spend $2 million to help states build their capacity for advanced molecular detection.
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