Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research
LAURAN NEERGAARD and MICHAEL CASEY
Associated Press
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This 2015 photo shows the James H. Shannon Building on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Md.
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump's choice to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee for his confirmation hearing Wednesday at Capitol Hill in Washington.
Ben Curtis, Associated Press
Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump's choice to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, at his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at Capitol Hill in Washington.
LAURAN NEERGAARD and MICHAEL CASEY
Associated Press
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Wednesday from drastically cutting medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and cost jobs.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump's choice to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee for his confirmation hearing Wednesday at Capitol Hill in Washington.
Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump's choice to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, at his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at Capitol Hill in Washington.