The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) allocates $306 million to mitigate the spread of H5N1 bird flu.
Over $300 million will be spent to protect the U.S. from bird flu, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced.Despite the risk to humans remaining low, HHS has pledged $306 million to its response to the highly pathogenic avian influenza A( H5N1 ) virus, also known as H5N1 bird flu.This money will be awarded to bodies at federal, state and local levels in order to prevent the spread of the virus to animals, people and food.
'While the risk to humans remains low, we are always preparing for any possible scenario that could arise,' Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said in a statement.'These investments are critical to continuing our disease surveillance, laboratory testing, and monitoring efforts alongside our partners at USDA.'$183 million of this budget will be allocated by the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response towards preparedness programs and training hospitals and other healthcare facilities to deal with emerging pathogens—and H5N1 bird flu specifically.The CDC will use $111 million of the money for the monitoring of H5N1 bird flu across the country, including to test high-risk individuals such as livestock workers. $11 million will go to the NIH, where it will be used to fund research into medical treatments and prevention for H5N1 bird flu.'Preparedness is the key to keeping Americans healthy and our country safe. We will continue to ensure our response is strong, well equipped and ready for whatever is needed,' Becerra said.H5N1 is a strain of bird flu that has seen a huge spike in infections in birds, cattle and humans—as well as a number of other species—in recent months.CDC data shows that 66 people have tested positive for the virus since the start of 2024, 40 of which resulted from exposure to infected cattle, with 23 others associated with poultry farms. There have been no cases that have resulted from human-to-human transmission thus fa
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