BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded$5,075,000 to the North Dakota Department of Health.

This grant was awarded through the CDC National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, And Enteric Diseases office and will be used to finance the department’s Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) for Preve program.