Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, D-Minn., announced Friday, Jan. 24, they have secured $180,000 in grant funding from the United States Department of Agriculture for disease preparedness and response activities in Minnesota.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture will receive $133,000 and the University of Minnesota will receive $47,000. ...

... We need to adopt a ‘One Health’ approach — the idea that human and animal health are linked, and that they should be studied together to prevent and respond to disease outbreaks.”

[Also see: https://www.smith.senate.gov/klobuchar-smith-secure-180000-funding-animal-disease-preparedness-and-response]