
Trump seeks to slash $6 billion from gov’t medical research: why not more?
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH), a federal agency, is the largest medical research institution in the world. Its 2010 budget was $30 billion. It employs 20,000 people. Trump wants to cut $6 billion from its budget.
Here’s what you need to know: no one has ever done a comprehensive investigation of the results of NIH’s research over the years. No one has done a proper assessment of its value.





