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NIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policy (www.nature.com)
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The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun turning away research grant applications for which the “primary function” is informing policymakers and legislators, according to internal documents seen by Nature. This means that the agency is likely to fund fewer projects assessing how public policies affect human health.

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[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

This timeline is Idiocracy