NIH Director Francis Collins: ‘Virtually everything’ would be affected by Trump’s budget cuts

By Kimberly Leonard

Published July 17, 2017 4:01am ET

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NIH Director Francis Collins: ‘Virtually everything’ would be affected by Trump’s budget cuts — "Every dollar that NIH invests in research returns more than $2 in that first year into the local economy," says National Institutes of Health director Dr. Francis Collins. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner) | Graeme Jennings

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, in June became the latest holdover to join the Trump administration from the Obama administration. The appointment comes as President Trump proposes slashing $8 billion, or roughly 20 percent, from Collins’ agency, which oversees grants for medical research.

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