US faces 'new normal' of slower research pace under sequester
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The $1.5 billion the National Institutes of Health (NIH) lost from its fiscal year 2013 budget because of the across-the-board sequestration spending cuts that took effect on 27 March could become "the new normal" for the agency for at least the next decade, unless something is done to stop that budget-slashing bulldozer, said Senator Barbara Mikulski (Democrat-Maryland).