White house plans put nih grants under political control reports

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Fierce Biotech / Fierce Healthcare / MedCity / GEN at 24 Sept, 12:07 UTC

President Donald Trump is attempting to seize further control of funding decisions made by the National Institutes of Health. According to multiple reports, senior officials met in the Oval Office on Friday to discuss plans for an executive order that would create an external panel with the power…