WASHINGTON (AP) — Better cancer drugs that zero in on a tumor with fewer side effects. A universal flu vaccine that could fight every strain of influenza without needing a yearly shot.

Research into potentially life-saving products like these will be delayed and newer discoveries shelved if Congress can’t avert impending budget cuts that the director of the National Institutes of Health warns will have far-reaching effects.

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