U.S. senators offer bill to prepare for the next pandemic

U.S. senators offered a bipartisan $3 billion plan on Thursday to prepare for the next global health crisis, putting a premium on fighting disease outbreaks and pandemics like COVID-19.

In a departure from partisan divisions over the novel coronavirus, Senator Jim Risch, Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Democratic committee members Chris Murphy and Ben Cardin introduced the bill, with high hopes that much of it would eventually become law.

Senate aides said it was not intended to reflect criticism of Republican President Donald Trump’s response to the pandemic, which has killed more than 100,000 Americans and cratered the U.S. economy.

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