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by dekhn 512 days ago
No, HHS does the vast majority of public health research in the US, which includes both CDC and NIH. The CDC budget is roughly a quarter of the NIH budget; most public health research is NIH-funded. The CDC is more operational- they take what is learned and apply it to prevention and treatment.
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tptacek 512 days ago
It may in fact be the case that more HHS-funded public health work is downstream of NIH than of CDC, but NIH is obviously not primarily a public health organization; here's the most recent RePORT data:

https://tinyurl.com/nih-grant-report

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pseudalopex 512 days ago
> NIH is obviously not primarily a public health organization

They didn't say it was. Or did they edit?

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