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The NIH will track the diets and lifestyles of 10,000 people to see how genetics, biology and the microbiome impact people's health. The study will use AI to tailor individual diet advice.

Childhoods can predict a great deal about how adult lives might play out. For instance, research has shown that people whose childhoods involve poverty, abuse and neglect have poorer health and shorter lives than those who have happy, stable childhoods.

President Joe Biden has tapped a cancer specialist to become director of the National Institutes of Health

Bertagnolli would be the second woman to lead the National Institutes of Health, a sprawling medical research agency, on a permanent basis.

‘Be sure and check your babies’ ears after playing outside,’ the mom wrote on TikTok

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky will leave her post at the end of June, the agency announced on Friday, after two years of leading the agency.

A new report says a shortage of monkeys available for medical research undermines U.S. readiness to respond to public health emergencies

WASHINGTON — The broad outlines of an upcoming debate over a pandemic preparedness reauthorization bill are beginning to emerge as regulators, policymakers and industry groups take stock of lessons learned from COVID-19.

A reauthorization of the pandemic preparedness law will give Congress a chance to revisit its handling of COVID-19.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are more interested in biomedical research than ever, but with limited funds for nondefense spending, experts worry the National Institutes of Health could end up in competition with the new agency the Biden administration wants to build to confront the toughest problems.

White House has proposed relatively flat funding for NIH and is seeking $1 billion increase for NIH's newer, flashier cousin, ARPA-H.