The National Institutes of Health will reportedly cancel or scale back dozens of grants studying why people are hesitant to get vaccines and how to encourage community uptake of such measures.
“It is the policy of NIH not to prioritize research activities that focuses gaining scientific knowledge on why individuals are hesitant to be vaccinated and/or explore ways to improve vaccine interest and commitment,” according to a statement by the institutes on the change to over 40 grantees, according to an internal email obtained by The Washington Post.
