Action Item from MDA

Following is from an email received from the MDA advocacy department:

http://www.mda.org/advocacy/bills.html

H.R. 1 proposes cuts to public health programs which affect the health of millions of Americans. The cuts to HHS agencies in the House 2011 budget proposal would remove $1.6 billion from the NIH; $755 million from the CDC; $50 million from the Maternal and Child Health Block; $400 million from the National Science Foundation; and $222 million from the FDA.

If enacted, this budget cut will result in job losses, slow down the progress towards finding much-needed new therapies, and harm the United States’ global edge within the biomedical field.