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Health Care Agency Discontinues Dozens of Active Research Awards
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, is an important government agency. This agency helps improve health care. It gives money to people who do health research. This money is called grants. These grants help scientists study new ways to make people healthy and make hospitals better.
Last year, AHRQ started giving fewer new grants. This means fewer new projects got money to start. Now, something more happens. AHRQ is stopping some grants that are already active. These are grants for projects that are working right now.
When AHRQ stops these active grants, research projects may not get money anymore. Scientists might need to stop their studies. This makes it hard to find new ways to help people's health. It is a big change for health research in the country.
Vocabulary Help
agency
A government department or organization that provides a particular service.
research
Careful study to discover new facts or information.
grants
Sums of money given by a government or organization for a specific purpose, often for study or research.
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