Let that sink in. This administration is making a conscious choice not to fund research into Alzheimer's disease, cancer and rare diseases. And NIH has terminated grants for Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Center, a grant developing new digital imaging techniques for cervical cancer screening, and a clinical trial studying a potential cure for infants born with HIV. just to name a few. Many of us have been sounding the alarm about this for months. Through May of this year, NIH awarded 33,288 fewer grants than through the same time period last year. (04:52–05:09)
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