Northwestern received $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics
On Sept. 14, 2023, Northwestern University announced it had been awarded $50 million over five years from the…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Medicine | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH awarded $50.3 million for ‘multi-omics’ research on human health and disease
On Sept. 12, 2023, the National Institutes of Health announced it was establishing the Multi-Omics for Health and…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | NIH | Oncology | Radiology | Therapeutics | Women's Health
High levels of particulate air pollution associated with increased breast cancer incidence
On Sept. 11, 2023, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported that living in an area…
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Biotechnology | Disease | NIH
NIH investigated multidrug-resistant bacterium emerging in community settings
On Sept. 6, 2023, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it was investgating ‘hypervirulent’ strains of the…
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National Institutes of Health established Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence
On Aug. 17, 2023, the National Institutes of Health announced it had awarded $24 million in first-year funding…
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Biotechnology | Medicine | NIH | Therapeutics
Only 1 in 5 U.S. adults with opioid use disorder received medications to treat it in 2021
On Aug. 7, 2023, a National Institute of Health (NIH) supported study found that in 2021, an estimated…
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the Formation of the Office of Long COVID Research
On Jul. 31, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the formation of the Office…
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Biotechnology | Cartoons - Original | Diagnostics | Disease | Life Science History | Medical Device | NIH | Therapeutics
Milestones in Diabetes
Milestones in Diabetes illustrates major milestones from the first administration of the hormone insulin in 1921 to a…
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NIH released new atlas of human kidney cells to help unlock kidney disease research
On Jul. 19, 2023, in a major breakthrough toward understanding and treating kidney disease, a nationwide research team…
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President Biden announced the appointment of Dr. Mandy Cohen as director of the CDC
On Jun. 16, 2023, President Biden announced the appointment of Dr. Mandy Cohen as Director of the Centers…
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NIAID Service IDs 3,000 natural products for disease-fighting potential
On Jun. 1, 2023, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Cancer Institute reported…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Genomics | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Therapeutics
NIH launched $140 million effort to investigate genetic variation in normal human cells and tissues
On May 11, 2023, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced launching a new program, the Common Fund’s…
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra released the following…
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NIH researchers identified large genetic changes that contribute to dementia risk
On May 8, 2023, scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that they had identified new…
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NIH study identified features of Long COVID neurological symptoms
On May 5, 2023, the National Institutes of Health reported that a study had identified features of Long…
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Biotechnology | Disease | NIH | Oncology | Therapeutics
NIH researchers uncovered new details on rare immune disease
On May 3, 2023, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists announced that they had uncovered new details on…
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Biotechnology | Clinical Research | Diagnostics | FDA | Infectious Disease | NIH | Therapeutics | Vaccine | Women's Health
U.S. FDA announced additional steps to advance decentralized clinical trials
On May 2, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it was taking additional steps…
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Study raised concerns SARS-CoV-2 evolution outpaces vaccine-generated antibodies
On Apr. 27, 2023, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) -led Phase 2 trial compared two…
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Biotechnology | Cardiology | Clinical Research | Disease | HIV | NIH | Non-Profit Research
Daily statin reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV, large NIH study found
On Apr. 11, 2023, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial was stopped early because a daily…
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Defense Public Health celebrated opening of new $248 million public health laboratory
On Apr. 5, 2023, Aberdeen Proving Ground South, formerly known as Edgewood, celebrated the opening of the Department…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | NIH | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Frequent testing reduced COVID-19 deaths in nursing facilities
On Apr. 4, 2023, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research was announced from the University of Rochester…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Medicine | NIH | Oncology | Radiology | Therapeutics | Women's Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released National Cancer Plan
On Apr. 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a National Cancer Plan,…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | U.S. Congress | Vaccine
Covid-19 pandemic and the expansion of the mortality gap between the U.S. and its European peers
On Mar. 29, 2023, the mortality gap between the United States and other high-income nations substantially expanded during…
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CDC acquired 465-acre site in Mace, West Virginia for research facility
On Mar. 21, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the acquisition of a site in…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | NIH | Pharmaceutical | Vaccine
SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response to vaccination
On Mar. 20, 2023, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists announced that the magnitude and quality of a…
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New, non-invasive imaging tool maps uterine contractions during labor
On Mar. 14, 2023, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers announced they had developed a new imaging tool,…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | NIH | Oncology | Radiology
Blood test identified acute myeloid leukemia patients at greater risk for relapse after bone marrow transplant
On Mar. 7, 2023, researchers at the National Institutes of Health reported the benefits of screening adult patients…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Influenza | Neurology | NIH | Prehistory | Vaccine
Influenza viruses may have originated in fish 600 million years ago
On Feb. 28, 2023, a team from the University of Sydney reported that a flu virus found in…
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Moderna to make milestone payments to NIH for COVID vaccine
On Feb. 24, 2023, Moderna announced will make certain contingent development, commercial and regulatory milestone payments to the…
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NIH software assembled complete genome sequences on-demand
On Feb. 16, 2023, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists announced they had developed and released an innovative…
