The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday awarded states and other jurisdictions $200 million in supplemental funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to hire and train disease intervention specialists to prevent and respond to COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. ARPA included more than $1 billion over five years to bolster the public health workforce.

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