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In emergency situations, the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) immediate concern is for the health and safety of people and animals in the programs we support and oversee. We are also deeply concerned about the health of the biomedical enterprise in the affected area, and we are committed to working with researchers and institutions to do all that we can to ensure that NIH-funded research continues.

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