Health care
BY KEVIN VU
Health Care Edition
2025
Welcome to the annual CI Health Care Edition! This guide highlights the rise of localized ambulatory care centers in neighborhoods like the Heights, River Oaks and Montrose. These facilities aim to provide accessible, community-based medical services, re ecting a shift towards more personalized care. The edition also covers signi cant developments in the Texas Medical Center and addresses the concerning increase in HIV and STI rates in Montrose and surrounding areas. Hospital briefs and other health care-related updates round out this in-depth edition on Houston’s health care accomplishments and challenges.
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Potential cuts to federal funding could set back medical research in Houston
Federal funding received, 2024 Speci c institutions have relied on federal funding to further advance and support their research, with the following institutions receiving millions last year:
Baylor College of Medicine MD Anderson Cancer Center
$326M
Houston’s health care and academic institutions could lose millions of dollars towards research if the National Institutes of Health moves forward with reducing indirect costs. How we got here President Donald Trump’s administration ordered the NIH—the agency that awards a large number of grants towards research—to reduce “indirect costs” on Feb. 7. Indirect costs are overhead costs associ- ated with research, such as supporting research sta and their salaries, as well as the costs to maintain facilities and laboratories, according to the NIH web- site. Many research organizations charge over 50% in indirect costs, according to the NIH website. For example, Rice University has a federally negotiated indirect cost rate of 56%. Michael King, Associate Vice President of
Research and Chair of Bioengineering at Rice University, said that if the NIH goes through with these cuts, the university could lose tens of millions of dollars. “It really makes me sad and a little bit angry, he said. “I try to advocate when I can, but these are dark times.” According to the Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project, a project created by a team of researchers across the United States to show the impacts these cuts could make nationwide, Harris County could stand to lose 1,241 health care-related jobs if funding is cut. “Harris County is home to the largest medical center in the world, and these cuts pose a direct threat to public health and our economy,” Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee said in a written statement. “It’s not just about numbers on a budget
$191M
University of Houston
$38M
Rice University
$24M
SOURCES: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, RICE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY IMPACT
sheet—it’s about jobs, patients and families who rely on medical advancements.” Stay tuned The potential cuts are on pause inde nitely as a federal judge issued a temporary halt after 22 state attorney generals requested a block on the policy. Texas was not a part of the request.
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