Healthcare

NIH Director Francis Collins to stay on

By Robert King
Published June 6, 2017 10:28pm ET
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NIH Director Francis Collins to stay on
Francis Collins had been serving as acting National Institutes of Health director during the presidential transition. President Trump's proposed budget seeks to cut the research agency's budget by $8 billion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

President Trump has asked National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins to continue running the country’s premier medical research agency.

Collins, who has headed NIH since 2009, had been serving as acting NIH director during the presidential transition.

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