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With Trump coming into power, the NIH is in the crosshairs

1:16pm November 12, 2024

The National Institutes of Health, the crown jewel of biomedical research in the U.S., could face big changes under the new Trump administration, some fueled by pandemic-era criticisms of the agency.

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Pfizer's Paxlovid combines two antiviral drugs to fight the virus that causes COVID-19.

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In a pandemic milestone, the NIH ends guidance on COVID treatment

9:01am March 19, 2024

by Pien Huang

The National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its influential COVID-19 treatment guidelines, used by millions of doctors to guide care during the pandemic.

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Workers at the U.S. Embassy in Havana leave the building in September 2017. New research out of the National Institutes of Health finds no unusual pattern of damage in the brains of Havana syndrome patients.

In Havana syndrome patients, NIH scientists find no physical trace of harm

1:56pm March 18, 2024

by Jon Hamilton

The mysterious ailments that became known as Havana syndrome left no physical evidence of injury or disease, according to two government studies.

Results from a DNA sequencer used in the Human Genome Project.

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'All of Us' research project diversifies the storehouse of genetic knowledge

2:51pm March 07, 2024

by Rob Stein

The National Institutes of Health initiative that aims to make human genome research more inclusive reports its first results. Some 275 million new genetic variations have been identified.

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Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent, questions Dr. Monica Bertagnolli during her confirmation hearing to become director of the National Institutes of Health.

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Sen. Sanders pushes NIH to rein in drug prices

5:12am November 17, 2023

by Sydney Lupkin

The National Institutes of Health has been reluctant to use its leverage as a biomedical research funder to influence drug pricing. Sen. Bernie Sanders is pressing NIH's new director to take action.

For months, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) refused to hold a hearing on Dr. Monica Bertagnolli's nomination to lead the National Institutes of Health. Sanders finally held that hearing last week.

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Bernie Sanders will vote no on Biden's pick to lead NIH, but nomination may proceed

3:57pm October 24, 2023

by Colleen DeGuzman

The Vermont senator held up the nomination process for Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to lead the health agency in order to make a point about drug prices. Now, he says he'll vote against her.

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo was a clear and down-to-earth explainer of what was happening during the pandemic, often on CNN and other networks. She's pictured here at a COVID press conference in April 2020.

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Filling Fauci's shoes: Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo is HIV expert and a lot of fun at parties

1:24pm August 04, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will lead NIH's infectious diseases institute. Colleagues say she has a wide breadth of knowledge and a joyful demeanor.

Genetics, gut microbes and other lifestyle and environmental factors can impact how people's bodies react to food. An NIH study aims to find out how.

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

10:27am May 19, 2023

by Allison Aubrey

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.

Wake Forest University receives $3M to study the connection between dance and brain health

10:54am March 03, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

Wake Forest University has received a $3 million grant to study how dance might improve cognitive health. The five-year study, called IGROOVE, is meant to further research on how dance can impact fitness, memory, and brain health.

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A chimp walks at Chimp Haven in Louisiana. A federal judge has ruled that the NIH violated the law when it chose not to move former research chimpanzees in New Mexico to the sanctuary.

Law requires former research chimps to be retired at a federal sanctuary, court says

8:15pm December 15, 2022

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The ruling is the latest twist in a long-running dispute over where dozens of federally-supported former research chimps should live out the remainder of their days.