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Health research is a potential winner in the budget proposed by U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday, with the National Institutes of Health in line for an extra $1 billion for medical research.

Obama's budget plan also would provide $25.5 billion for six months to help prop up Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance plan for the poor, $1.4 billion for food safety efforts and $3 billion for AIDS prevention.

The budget also proposes an expansion of health and food aid to other countries, especially for research into AIDS and neglected tropical diseases. Read more.