Author Archive: Mariah Purcell

Spending Bill Includes Money to Fight PEDv

Congress included $2 million in its annual spending package to address Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv). According to The Des Moines Register, funding for PEDv was buried deep within the 1,603-page spending bill. The funding was just a small fraction of the $1.01 trillion spending bill, which was passed over the weekend. The federal government reports the […]