Trump's Budget Calls for $17 Billion Cut to NIH, Citing Lax Oversight of Gain-of-Function Research in Wuhan

reason.com/2025/05/02/trumps-budget-calls-for-17-billion-cut-to-nih-citing-lax-oversight-of-gain-of-function-research-in-wuhan

The White House budget calls for slashing $17 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), citing the agency's failure to properly monitor risky gain-of-function research it funded at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)—where the COVID-19 pandemic plausibly…

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