Alternative Medicines Get Center Status At NIH Under Budget Agreement
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The upgrade of the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health to center status is expected to be included in the FY 1999 budget agreement reached in Congress on Oct. 16.
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