US House Would Boost NIH Spending By $2Bn, Support Precision Medicine, BRAIN Initiative, Cybersecurity Funds
Executive Summary
The US National Institutes of Health would get a 5% raise of $2bn under a 2020 budget increase to $41.1bn, spending that would go to boost precision medicine research, the BRAIN Initiative, Cancer Moonshot, cybersecurity and other important programs.
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