Oregon health researchers, Wyden decry Trump’s ‘lawless’ efforts to cut funding

Oregon medical researchers and three Democratic members of Oregon’s congressional delegation warned that the Trump administration’s efforts to curtail funding will hamper the ability of the state’s science community to do groundbreaking research that can save lives and advance health care.

For Oregon alone, tens of millions of dollars are at stake in federal funding for Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, opioid addiction and other health conditions. The National Institutes of Health is the nation’s biggest funder…