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A $2 trillion stimulus package to address the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the largest stimulus in US history, was passed by the US Congress and signed by President Donald J Trump Science agencies throughout the federal government received research funding in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act This funding for research on COVID-19—the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus—is on top of an $8 3 billion package passed in early March “This is a much-needed infusion of funding that will advance COVID-19 research already underway at public universities and elsewhere,” Peter McPherson, president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, says in a statement But universities, which have largely moved classes online and closed labs not doing COVID-19 work, had hoped for more support Congress is already discussing another stimulus bill The National Institutes of Health is the largest recipient of research funding, at $945 [truncated]
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