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HHS Announces 25 Million Available For Health Care Partnership Emergency Care Competitive Grants Program

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that million is available to hospitals and other health care facilities via a competitive emergency care grant program focused on hospital surge capacity, emergency care system capability, and community and hospital preparedness for public health emergencies.

Source: http://www.pandemicflu.gov
 

Each year, millions of people contract influenza and flu-like infections in the United States, resulting in over 100,000 hospitalizations and approximately 20,000 deaths.