But isn't the obvious domestic institution for public health crises/epidemics the CDC, not the NIH? And hasn't the current administration interfered with the CD

But isn't the obvious domestic institution for public health crises/epidemics the CDC, not the NIH? And hasn't the current administration interfered with the CDC's response (including e.g. stopping them from doing their own regular press briefings, removing a leading researcher after he expressed skepticism in response to the president's comments on hydrochloroquine, etc)? If your complaint is the crisis being made worse by confusion, misinformation and incompetence, I hardly see how removing resources and trying to favor hamstrung American institutions is an improvement.