NIH to Deliver Free Access to Research

By David Malakoff

Published February 2, 2005 at 7:00 PM HST

The National Institutes of Health unveils a plan to offer a Web site giving consumers free access to published government health studies. The plan comes after pressure from patient advocacy groups and Congress.

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