1st Malaria Vaccine Tried Out in Babies in 3 African Nations
Jan 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.Research on Children’s Health Risks in Doubt Over EPA Funds
May 21, 2019 Projects resulting in pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air pollution and other hazards pose to children are in jeopardy.
Donald Trump Issues Media Blackout at Multiple Federal Agencies
Jan 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.
Report Finds Top NFL Officials Tried to Influence Government Funding on Football Brain Injury Study
May 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.
Who Knew Herpes Could Be Good for Something?
May 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.
New Bill Would Put Taxpayer-Funded Science Behind Pay Walls
Jan 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.
