The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake.

It is the policy of NIH not to prioritize research activities that focuses gaining scientific knowledge on why individuals are hesitant to be vaccinated and/or explore ways to improve vaccine interest and commitment,

Less-wealthy institutions may be particularly hard hit by the proposed reductions in funding for biomedical research.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is cutting or canceling more than 40 grants focused on vaccine hesitancy and ways to increase vaccine acceptance, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.

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