Harkin & Specter Introduce Emergency Funding For The NIH & NCI

Yesterday afternoon Senators Harkin and Specter introduced a landmark supplemental funding bill for the NIH. The Senator's bill proposes providing the National Cancer Institute with an additional $1.2 billion and the rest of the National Institutes of Health with $4 billion for FY 2008. This bill stems from their concern about the inadequate funding for [...]