Its budget has stagnated for most of the past decade, except for years when it was dramatically reduced, such as in 2013. This has forced productive research laboratories to close, putting potentially life-saving research – like that on an Ebola vaccine – on the back burner.
推动我们对埃博拉等疾病理解和治疗重大进步的美国国立卫生研究院同样也被削减了预算。该院预算过去10年来停步不前甚至像2013年那样遭到大幅削减。成绩斐然的实验室因此被迫关闭，导致像埃博拉疫苗这样有可能挽救生命的研究被搁置一边。