LISTEN: A National Cancer Institute employee says cuts to research funding and a perceived lack of transparency at the agency are threatening the well-being of cancer patients. A spokesperson for the agency says that鈥檚 鈥渕isleading鈥 鈥 it鈥檚 working to make sure money is well spent.
The National Cancer Institute, long credited with driving down U.S. cancer death rates, is as the Trump administration imposes deep funding cuts. Grants have been abruptly terminated, key employees laid off, and essential patient resources left unmaintained.
Hundreds of current and former NIH employees have protested through the , warning that these cuts could stall decades of progress in cancer research.
杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan appeared on WAMU鈥檚 鈥淗ealth Hub鈥 on July 23 to explain what current and former employees of the agency have to say.
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