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NIH in the News For Complaining About the Federal Budget

Wally

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The $30 billion U.S. National Institutes of Health blamed tightening federal budgets on Monday for its inability to produce an Ebola vaccine, but a review of its grant-making history in the last 10 years has turned up highly unusual research that redirected precious funds away from more conventional public health projects. . . . $2.4 million to develop 'origami' condoms, . . . $939,000 to find out that male fruit flies prefer to romance younger females . . . .
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ebola-money-wacky-research.html#ixzz3LqhLfzoi

Perhaps this article will inspire a ME/CFS advocacy project? See, http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/time-to-take-another-look-at-projects-being-funded