The House Committee on Appropriations May 8 approved a spending bill that gives NIH $41.1 billion, a $2 billion increase over the current level. The bill passed on a vote of 30 to 23.
Multiple components of the healthcare and public health systems are currently under scrutiny. One of them is reportedly the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF: “Task Force”), established in 1984 and managed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. It was created to maintain an ongoing evaluation of disease prevention and screening interventions that...
