Stakeholders: HHS, NIH, FDA Cuts Would Severely Harm Public Health

Lawmakers, government officials and advocacy groups are warning cuts to HHS, FDA and the National Institutes of Health could severely damage public health and medical research as they brace for President Donald Trump's full fiscal 2018 budget request to be released later this month. House HHS Appropriations subcommittee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) said at a hearing Wednesday (May 17) he was “very proud that Congress increased NIH funding by $2 billion dollars” in the fiscal 2017 spending bill, and criticized...