
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Civics 101
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Is the Head of the National Institutes of Health Appointed by the President?
N i h has been very fortunate in that we are large, largely a a political agency. Some of the rapid improvement we've seen in death rates from cardio vascular disease can be traced back to things like the use of statons for control of collestral. All of those discoveries have their roots in n ih supported research. We're going to take a quick break, but stay tuned for more n i h coming up on civic one, o one.
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