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Durbin tells NIH director he’s “personally disappointed” about cuts to medical research

By Home - CBSNews.com Jun 10, 2025 | 11:18 AM

Sen. Dick Durbin blasted National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya’s proposed budget cuts that would erase billions of dollars in funding for medical research.

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