DARLENE SUPERVILLE and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / The Associated PressFeb 26, 2020
The president pushes back against criticism that his administration isn't doing enough to meet the threat. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
CARA ANNA and LAURAN NEERGAARD /The Associated PressJan 16, 2020
Spread by mosquito bites, malaria kills more than 400,000 people every year, two-thirds of them under 5 and most in Africa. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
ELLEN KNICKMEYER / The Associated PressMay 21, 2019
Projects resulting in pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air pollution and other hazards pose to children are in jeopardy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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By Lauren McCauley / Common DreamsJan 25, 2017
The moves come amid growing concern that Trump and his appointees will suppress scientific innovation and research to advance their own ideological agenda. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 25, 2016
The report, conducted by congressional investigators, reveals how the National Football League put pressure on the National Institutes of Health to take funds from an independent researcher and give it to the NFL’s committee on brain injuries. The report, conducted by congressional investigators, reveals how the National Football League put pressure on the National Institutes of Health to take funds from an independent researcher and give it to the NFL’s committee on brain injuries. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 20, 2014
Scientists have discovered a way to kill brain tumors in mice using the herpes virus; Israel's future, as John Kerry predicted, may not be far from apartheid; meanwhile, the National Institutes of Health is mandating gender balance in animal studies. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Lena Groeger, ProPublicaJan 12, 2012
Right now, if you want to read the published results of the biomedical research that your own tax dollars paid for, all you have to do is visit the digital archive of the National Institutes of Health. But a new bill in Congress wants to change that. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 20, 2011
Critics of the National Institutes of Health argue that the $30 billion the government pours into medical research and innovation through the organization each year is not making Americans healthier. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 14, 2006
According to officials from the National Institutes of Health, circumcision reduces the risk in men of contracting HIV through heterosexual sex by roughly 50%. The announcement was based on several recent studies conducted in Africa. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 11, 2006
The leader of the stem cell unit at the National Institute on Aging says the president's 2001 policy decision lies at the root of his decision to leave the government for the private sector. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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