Live: Senate committee questions NIH director on 2027 budget

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya is testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee on President Trump's 2027 budget proposal, which includes a $5 billion cut to the agency and elimination of five of its 27 institutes. While these drastic proposals are unlikely to pass given lawmakers' previous rejection of even steeper 2026 cuts, the biomedical research community remains under significant stress.