October 8, 1999

Harold Varmus Defends the NIH's Approach for Improving the Health of Minority Groups

To the Editor:

In its reporting on a proposal by Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., to restructure the National Institutes of Health's support of research on minority health, The Chronicle has misrepresented my views and actions, and has turned honest differences of opinion about how to achieve common goals into a drama of racial politics ("Debate Over Improving Minority Health Pits N.I.H. Director Against Black Leaders," September 10). The article slights the

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