What happens when billions of dollars in research funding goes away
What happens when billions of dollars in research funding goes away
The NIH has helped transform American cities like Birmingham, Alabama. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
The NIH has helped transform American cities like Birmingham, Alabama.
Alex Wong/Getty ImagesFederal funding from the National Institutes of Health has driven the biomedical research industry in cities across America including Birmingham, Alabama. It's helped support research into life-saving treatments for cancers, strokes and Parkinson's. But, the Trump Administration says the NIH is getting ripped off in how those grants are calculated. We take a look.
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