On March 11, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. released his $7.3 trillion Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget request includes $130.7 billion in discretionary spending — a $2.2 billion (1.7%) increase from FY 2023.
Highlights include:
- $3.6 billion to fund the Cancer Moonshot;
- $48.3 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH);
- $60 million — $35 million for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and $25 million for NIH — for firearm morbidity and mortality prevention research;
- $385 million for the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program;
- $2.8 billion for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke;
- $32 million for Alzheimer’s research and programs; and
- $13 million for traumatic brain injury prevention.
Click here for the HHS budget details.
