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The National Institutes of Health is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in 1887 and is now part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Many NIH facilities are located in Bethesda, Maryland, and other nearby suburbs of the Washington metropolitan …
The National Institutes of Health is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in 1887 and is now part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Many NIH facilities are located in Bethesda, Maryland, and other nearby suburbs of the Washington metropolitan area, with other primary facilities in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina and smaller satellite facilities located around the United States.
Formed: August 1887
Preceding agency: Hygienic Laboratory
Headquarters: Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Employees: 18,478 (2021), [1]
Annual budget: $45 billion (2022)
Agency executive: Matthew Memoli, Acting Director
Parent agency: Department of Health & Human Services
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