Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from NIH

Quick grants from tech billionaires aim to speed up science research. But not all scientists approve

Patrick Collison, the now 34-year-old billionaire CEO of the online payments company Stripe, and economist Tyler Cowen worried scientific progress seemed to be slowing down

The Independent UK

First Amendment Claim of Professor Fired Over Article Claiming Race-Based Genetic IQ Differences …

can go forward, rules a federal judge, denying Cleveland State University's motion to dismiss.

Reason

Not brushing or flossing regularly? You could be hurting your body’s ability to fight off Alzheimer's disease. What you need to know

Oral health is whole-body health—you probably heard the adage at your dentist’s office, or way back in high school health class. New research proves it to be true to an even greater extent.

Fortune

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

House committee questions legality of Fauci, NIH appointments - Roll Call

The allegations mark an escalation in GOP attacks on Anthony Fauci, former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Roll Call

Study finds how weaker immune response to viral infections in children with mitochondrial disorders

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) discovered in a recent study that infants with mitochondrial abnormalities had altered B cell function, which resulted in a weaker and less varied antibody response to viral infections. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

CDC data amplifies calls for funding hepatitis plan

Only one-third of individuals diagnosed with hepatitis C have been cured in the decade since cures for the disease became available, according to a study published Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tribune News Service

CDC data amplifies calls for funding hepatitis plan - Roll Call

Despite the availability of effective medicines, only one in six uninsured adults under 40 with hepatitis C have been cured.

Roll Call

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Data Point | The gender disparity in healthcare

A look at the gender gap in multiple healthcare domains including clinical trials, research funding as well as testing and diagnosis.

The Hindu

These 12 Symptoms Can Probably Reveal If You Have Long Covid

An NIH-funded study has identified 12 symptoms most closely aligned with Long Covid, creating a scorecard that aims to standardize diagnosis and care.

Inverse

Why the underestimated economic burden of rare diseases could be costing the U.S. trillions of dollars

While rare diseases impact a small population, the cost to society is staggering. It may be in the range of $7.2-$8.6 trillion per year.

Fortune

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

A U.S. study suggests 1 in 10 people are getting long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic

The Independent UK

University halts cocaine experiment because rats were shocked for too long

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A series of experiments at the University of South Carolina in Columbia involving rats, cocaine and electric shocks has been stopped following a university investigation into complaints about lab-animal welfare.

Tribune News Service

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Our bodies respond differently to food. A new study aims to find out how

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.

WEKU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Baboon bonds: new study reveals that friendships make up for a bad start in life

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.

The Independent UK

Biden chooses cancer expert to lead National Institutes of Health

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

Roll Call

Biden taps National Cancer Institute director to lead NIH - Roll Call

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

The Independent UK

Mother shares horrifying moment she found ticks living in her daughter’s ear

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

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Roll Call

CDC director to depart in June - Roll Call

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.

The Independent UK

Research monkey shortage undermines US readiness, panel says

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

Tribune News Service

Legislative themes emerge on upcoming pandemic reauthorization

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.

Roll Call

Legislative themes emerge on upcoming pandemic reauthorization - Roll Call

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

Tribune News Service

Health research focus could give NIH competition for funding

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.

Roll Call

Health research focus could give NIH competition for funding - Roll Call

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

WEKU

'Live free and die?' The sad state of U.S. life expectancy

A decade after a landmark report on Americans' shorter lives, the problem has only gotten worse. Unlike other wealthy nations, U.S. life expectancy has not bounced back from the pandemic.

1 … 17 18 19 20

People

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.