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Federal cuts to National Institutes of Health could threaten medical progress

2025-04-28 News & Politics
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Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears aggressive downsizing could impact Americans’ health. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the “60 Minutes” YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/1S7CLRu Watch full episodes: http://cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F Get more “60 Minutes” from “60 Minutes: Overtime”: http://cbsn.ws/1KG3sdr Follow “60 Minutes” on Instagram: http://bit.ly/23Xv8Ry Like “60 Minutes” on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1Xb1Dao Follow “60 Minutes” on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1KxUsqX Subscribe to our newsletter: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T Download the CBS News app: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8 Try Paramount+ free: https://bit.ly/2OiW1kZ For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]

Top Comments (10)

@robinseibel7540 2025-04-28

We used to lead in science, technical innovation, and in advancing medicine. We used to take pride in such discovery and advances. Those days are done. Now, here in the US, it seems we take pride in being dumb

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@MonicaDeja76 2025-04-28

Already halted some research at medical schools.

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@georgefleming4956 2025-04-28

Why does the president hate us so much

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@bretpark4485 2025-04-28

Too many people fall for the narrative that drug companies do the research to bring innovation to health care. Nothing could be farther from the truth. They do the best job of marketing the discoveries and taking credit while making most of the money from it.

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@suzanneadamson1306 2025-04-28

The billionaires can just jet off to Switzerland or Germany for treatment.

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@kellyshomemadekitchen 2025-04-28

$1 limit for supplies????

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@taviparker4993 2025-04-28

It’s not “could threaten.” It’s already happening 😩

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@giselestrauch5146 2025-04-28

this is so scary

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@rockscissorstone-f1i 2025-04-29

It is disgusting that these researchers and scientists need to conceal their identity before they feel they can speak out. We no longer have freedom of speech much less a reasonable plan to make the NIH more efficient. Our country is devolving rapidly. It is sickening.

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@jimpad5608 2025-04-28

Penny wise and dollar FOOLISH. The weird thing is without the NIH research the wealthy will die of the same diseases as The peons. Exactly ZERO for profit companies will fund basic research so the "free market" fails again.

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