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    Trump Administration Proposes Big Cuts In Medical Research

    The National Institutes of Health, which funds research in treatments and cures, could lose 20 percent of its budget under the administration's proposal. More money would go for addiction treatment.
    by Richard Harris Mar 16, 2017 2 minutes
    The National Institutes of Health is based in Bethesda, Md., but the vast majority of its research funding flows to universities around the country.

    Biomedical research and public health are among the big losers in the Trump administration's proposed budget.

    The proposal promises:

    • A "major reorganization" in the National Institutes of Health, which supports most of the nation's research on diseases and treatments. That includes a cut of $5.8 billion, about 20 percent of NIH's $30 billion budget.
    • "Reform" of funding for the Centers for Disease and Prevention, which works to prevent, monitor and combat disease outbreaks. The budget

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