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Thousands of federal employees go on furlough during the shutdown, which could put a stop to research.

A provision to tax tuition waivers was dropped during the reconciliation process.

The $1.23 trillion budget includes an increase in NIH funding, but the package is unlikely to make it unscathed through the Senate.

At appropriations subcommittee hearings, President Trump’s budget proposal gets dissed by Republicans and Democrats.

Directors of several institutes testified against proposed 2018 budget cuts.    

The proposed spending plan for 2017 includes money for Alzheimer’s and cancer research.

Representatives follow the lead of senators in drafting a bill that would encourage federal scientists to share data.

Freshman Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says that abolishing the Environmental Protection Agency will provide more “effective and efficient protection.”

Price was asked about alleged conflicts of interest, whether he supports Medicare negotiating drug prices, and how he intends to replace the Affordable Care Act.

The 21st Century Cures Act could provide funds to federal research agencies for the decade and accelerate the drug approval process.

The money will go toward vaccine development and assisting communities at risk.

The legislation will now go to the US House of Representatives, where it will likely pass.

Following approval by Congress, the president will decide on an update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act.

The legislation allocates only $622 million to the effort to help the country respond to the impending spread of the mosquito-borne disease.

The US Senate is reviewing a bill that would extend a ban on so-called three-parent embryos.

US government contemplates public health funding; World Health Organization advises summer Olympics attendees

But this temporary measure won’t be enough to sufficiently prepare for potential outbreaks, according to Obama administration officials.

A US House of Representatives panel has requested information from several research bodies and abortion providers as part of a sweeping investigation of fetal tissue research.

But some critics say the President relies too heavily on mandatory funding to support the biomedical research enterprise.

The US National Institutes of Health would receive a $2 billion increase if the 2016 spending bill makes it through Congress unchanged.