Congress Forces NIH to Reverse Policy

Brownstone Institute · Jul 17, 2026

Congress Forces NIH to Reverse Policy by Paul Thacker at Brownstone Institute The lobbyists always win. Last summer, the National Institutes of Health sent out notices to shut down a Tony Fauci initiative launched in 2020 called the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases or “CREID” after deeming them unsafe for Americans and not a good use of taxpayer funding. Well, university lobbyists have struck back—managing to slip language into the Congressional appropriations bill that forces NIH to spend $18.2 million to fund CREID centers once again. A senior official with the…