WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements to vector-borne disease regional centers of excellence. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to improve national capacity to address the growing problem of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) via support for regional Centers of Excellence  more ST