How a Chance Discovery Became the Basis for Today’s Biggest Blockbuster Weight Loss Drugs

Scientists discovered that Gila monster venom contains a compound that slows digestion. It led to one of the biggest medical ...

The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for key immune system discoveries

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries about how the body ensures immune cells attack intruders but not our ...
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Amid funding cuts and public health battles, NIH issues autism research grants

Cornell University will receive $5.1 million as the Trump administration seeks to find a source and cure for autism.
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Scientists are excited by the NIH’s $50 million autism research plan

The new initiative was announced in tandem with the Trump administration's disputed claims about Tylenol's links to autism ...
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Major NIH Grant is Strengthening Rutgers–Camden Research

Rutgers–Camden students are benefiting from a grant of almost $500,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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As NIH launches new autism research effort, the focus is on environmental factors

Last week, the National Institutes of Health made a $50 million bet: Understanding environmental factors, agency officials ...

How a shutdown will impact health agencies and Social Security

Crucial health programs will continue to operate during the federal government shutdown, but many services will halt or be ...