Here are four things to know.
1. The bill, if passed in both the Senate and House, would increase funding to the NIH to $37 billion for fiscal year 2018.
2. The new funds would include an additional $414 million for Alzheimer’s research, $40 million for universal flu vaccine research and $140 million more for brain research.
3. According to Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., the chairman of the Senate health appropriations committee, NIH funding increased 23 percent in the past three years.
4. “Investments in medical research will pave the way for new treatments and cures, lower costs, and, most importantly, give hope to patients and families battling incurable diseases,” Mr. Blunt said, according to The Hill.
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