Additional Research Funding Approved

Today’s blog is a follow-up to the previous one,when we laid out how the politics of the stimulus plan could have a big effect on future funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and its National Cancer Institute.

Today we are pleased to tell you that as of now (and things can always change in the world of politics), the NIH has been granted an additional $10 billion in funding. This is a 34 percent increase in funding in the health agency’s budget, after several years with a flat budget. We hope and expect that part of this increase will benefit the research of the Children’s Oncology Group. This increase is due in large part to the work of Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA).

You can read an interesting New York Times article here that reveals how the politics of the stimulus plan worked. Also, check out the headline on the People Against Childhood Cancer site, supporting the Senator’s actions on behalf of increased funding health research.

At CureSearch, we know that cancer is not a Democrat or Republican issue; it is a national health crisis for our children that must be solved.

And our platform is simple: conquer childhood cancer.