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American Diabetes Association urges new Congress to address inadequate funding

Published in Lab Business Week, January 21st, 2007

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) announced that securing sufficient funding for diabetes research and prevention efforts will be its top priority for the incoming Congress, after the 109th Congress adjourned without passing a new budget.

The decision by the 109th Congress to adjourn...without passing a budget for Fiscal Year 2007 means that the Bush Administration's proposed $11 million cut to diabetes research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and further cuts to prevention and treatment efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were not enacted.

However, maintaining Fiscal Year 2006 funding levels also means...

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