On Sept. 22, 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the recipients of 13 funding awards to establish a first-of-its-kind national network, the Outbreak Analytics and Disease Modeling Network (OADMN).

The awards, totaled $262.5 million in funding over a five-year period, support state and local decision-makers in developing and implementing new tools to detect, respond to, and mitigate public health emergencies more effectively.