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April 11, 2001

 

 

“The Winners”

Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com) (04/10/01) P. A17

The proposed 13.5 percent increase in the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) budget would bring the institutes’ total budget to over $23 billion.  The $2.75 billion increase would enable NIH to increase funding for the Office of Research on Women’s Health, the new National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, and AIDS research.  In addition, NIH will use $42 million to develop smallpox and anthrax vaccines under an anti-bioterrorism initiative administered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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