The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to spend up to $10 million to curb farmworker bird flu infections, including $5 million on seasonal flu vaccines. It’s part of the agency’s overall efforts to avoid further spread and mutation of the virus.

The CDC will allocate $5 million for organizations like the National Center for Farmworker Health to educate and train workers on protecting themselves from bird flu and another $5 million to providing seasonal flu shots to farm workers. Though the seasonal flu vaccine doesn’t protect workers from bird flu, the vaccine could reduce the risk that workers become infected with the seasonal flu and bird flu at the same time, which could lead to virus mutations.

Farm Policy News says the ongoing outbreak of bird flu has infected poultry flocks in almost every state in the union since 2022 and over 170 dairy herds since March.