Newt Gingrich Could Be Medical Science’s Unlikely Champion During Trump’s Presidency

Amid anxiety and uncertainty about what President Donald Trump will mean for medical science, researchers are looking to one man for hope: Newt Gingrich.

Trump himself has said precious little about medical research. He has flirted with anti-vaccination rhetoric, and he has stated that what he hears about the National Institutes of Health is “terrible.”

But Gingrich, the former House speaker and Trump confidant, is a longtime booster of medical research.

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