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Patty Murray: “I just heard that at least eight of the top 10 officials at…”

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I'M DEMANDING ANSWERS: How Cuts to NIH Hurts Patients and our Country

Published | Video Starts at 03:35

Yeah, I don't doubt the professionalism and I greatly admire everybody who's doing this hard work, but the reality is we are behind. I just heard that at least eight of the top 10 officials at NIAID are no longer in the roles. And that includes the institute's director, its top allergy and immunology scientist of nearly 30 years, and the microbiology and infectious disease director. We need to have those people on the job right now. (03:35–03:43)

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Asserts that at least eight of the top 10 officials at NIAID have left their roles.

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