U.S. House Approves New Federal Biomedical Agency to ‘Make the Impossible Possible’

(June 23, 2022) | By Alex Keown.

On Wednesday, the House supported the creation of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) in a 336-85 vote, The Hill reported. The creation of ARPA-H, which would have a $6.5 billion budget, was proposed by President Joe Biden earlier this year in order to improve the government’s ability to quickly advance biomedical and health research.