MedPage Today January 21, 2026
Funding increase a ‘vast improvement’ over cuts proposed by President Trump, one group says
Health groups praised many of the provisions in the joint House-Senate bill that would fund the NIH and several other agencies under HHS for fiscal year 2026.
“Even in these challenging times, the bill increases the overall NIH budget and includes new protections to help the agency fulfill its lifesaving mission,” Mary Woolley, president and CEO of Research!America, a nonprofit science advocacy group, said in a statement.
Notably, President Trump had previously proposed cutting the HHS budget by $33 billion, a 26.2% decrease. He’d also proposed decreasing the NIH budget by $18 billion.
“While cuts to several key research and public health agencies signal that this...
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