STAT+: Senators push back on Trump\u2019s proposed $18 billion NIH budget cut
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National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya faced sharp questions on Tuesday from Republican and Democratic members of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee about the agency\u2019s 2026 budget, with lawmakers struggling to reconcile his stated commitment to biomedical research with recent grant terminations, funding delays, and the Trump administration\u2019s sweeping proposed spending cuts.<\/p>\n
In a particularly tense moment, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said that Northwestern University has not received any NIH funding in the past 11 weeks, adding that more than 1,300 <\/strong>awards to the university have been terminated or frozen, including $9 million for clinical trials in colon, brain, and childhood cancers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cFor God\u2019s sake, we lead the world in medical research. Why would we give up on it?\u201d Durbin asked. \u201cHow are you able to reconcile these budget decisions with the reality of research and what it means to alleviate suffering and, more importantly, to give people hope?\u201d<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n