Donald Trump intenționează să decidă prin consiliu ce studii medicale primesc finanțare

President Trump plans to place significant national medical research funding under the control of politically appointed officials. He has instructed budget director Russ Vought to prepare an executive order to establish a council that will decide which grants the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund. This council is expected to include NIH director Jay Bhattacharya and Vought, with grant decisions requiring unanimous agreement. This new structure would give Vought a direct role in determining how NIH allocates congressional research funds. The move comes amid increasing criticism of last year's federal funding cuts for research, which affected major universities and led to the freezing or cancellation of grants. The Trump administration argues that these cuts are necessary to ensure funding for only solid scientific research and to realign priorities deemed incorrect after years of funding.