Doctors believe that the fallout from the administration’s cuts to research funding and grants will affect everyone in the long run, and most people don’t realize how far medical research has come, because it was always something we could count on. Dr. Bruce Silverman, Medical Director of the Goochland Free Clinic points to AIDS as an example of a disease that has been nearly fully controlled because of research like this.
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Virginia’s $300 Million Loss in Health Funding: A Life and Death Situation
The Trump administration axed $300 million in health funding from Virginia. How will this attack on healthcare and research impact Virginians? Henrico County alone faces an estimated loss of $12 million from federal health research cuts, which will impact tuberculosis research, suicide prevention, and addiction treatment programs.