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...leukemia, tested blood from many parts of the world. Of 24 samples examined, only one from an aborigine caused the test-tube reaction he was looking for. Blumberg found the cause to be an ultramicroscopic viruslike particle. He and Dr. Harvey J. Alter, of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), dubbed the particle "the Australia antigen...
Leahy feels that the National Institutes of Health, which saw the cuts coming early and negotiated directly with the individuals who were receiving grants, handled its cuts more effectively. NIH funds--which last year amounted to some $25 million at Harvard--ended up being cut about 15 percent across the board, but each person receiving funds has been able to compromise individually with the federal officials...
Many of these people are confined against their will. Neither Massachusetts nor NIH makes a distinction between voluntary and involuntary patients in their annual reports--though they do distinguish between voluntary and involuntary admissions each year. But the distinction is problematic, since even those patients who have "voluntary" committed themselves are not free to leave whenever they choose. As Dr. Thomas Szasz, professor of Psychiatry at Syracuse, points out, "Truly voluntary hospitalization is virtually nonexistent in public mental institutions in the United States...
Ebert pointed out that the health budget may face further reductions from Congress. In past years, the chief supporters of the federal health program, Rep. John E. Fogarty (D-R.I.) and Sen Lister Hill (D-Ala.), have been able to push through the President's proposed NIH budget. But Fogarty died last year, and Hill, who is chairman of the Health Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is not seeking re-election in November...
Farber is a member of the Council on Cancer Research. The NIH program provides for nine councils to grant funds. Each council deals with a specific area in medical research. In addition to the councils, whose members include six laymen and six experts, there are 50 study sections. The study sections make recommendations on each application to one of the councils. The council may then accpt or reject the study section's recommendation...