US announces $306 million in new bird flu funding

FILE - This image obtained Nov. 22, 2024, courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, shows a colorized electron micrograph of bird flu cells (in blue).

U.S. President Joe Biden's outgoing administration announced Friday that it will allocate $306 million to bolster the nation's bird flu response before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.