Listen: Some scientists talk about deep discounts to the National Cancer Institute, while others flee

Listen: The National Cancer Institute employee says that the discounts in research financing and the lack of transparency in the agency threaten the welfare of cancer patients. An agency spokesman says this is “misleading” – that he is working to make sure that money is spent well.

The National Cancer Institute, which has long been attributed to the leadership of cancer death rates in the United States, is Facing the tremendous disorders The Trump administration also imposes deep financing discounts. The grants have been suddenly ended, the main employees got rid of, and left the basic basic resources of patients.

Hundreds of current and former National Institutes of Health protested through Betisda advertisementWarning that these cuts can stop decades of progress in cancer research.

KFF Health News Rachana Pradhan appeared in “Health Hub” in WAMU on July 23 to explain what current and former employees say at the agency.

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