Previously the White House recommended cuts to the budgets of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  The revised budget request adds $1.3 billion to the 2021 request for the CDC and almost $0.5 billion for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH.  Both agencies are at the forefront of the “war” against COVID-19. 

The White House announced an immediate emergency allocation of $46 billion to allow various federal agencies to respond to the challenge of COVID-19.