United States National Institutes of Health

United States National Institutes of Health NIH, Public domain

US government medical research agency

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States federal government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in 1887 and is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Many NIH facilities are located in Bethesda, Maryland, and other nearby suburbs of the Washington metropolitan area, with other primary facilities in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina and smaller satellite facilities located around the United States.

Also known as...NIH, U.S. National Institutes of Health, US National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), USNIH, NIH US, and National Institutes of Health
RFK Jr. Defends Health Budget

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