National Institutes Of Health (NIH)

  • NIH Awards $10 Million for Microneedle Vaccine Patch
    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $10 million to the Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University and PATH, a Seattle-based nonprofit organization, to advance a technology for the painless, self-administration of flu vaccine using patches containing ...More
    November 16, 2010
    Posted in News
  • NIH Scientists Explore 1510 Influenza Pandemic and Lessons Learned
    History's first recognized influenza pandemic originated in Asia and rapidly spread to other continents 500 years ago, in the summer of 1510. A new commentary by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of ...More
    November 15, 2010
    Posted in News
  • NIH Funds Four Clinical Trials to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance
    The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces four new contracts for large-scale clinical trials that address the problem of antimicrobial resistance. Over the next five to six years, these new ...More
    October 22, 2010
    Posted in News
  • NIH Funds Advanced Development of Biodefense Vaccines
    The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced three new contracts to fund research on vaccines to protect against emerging infectious diseases and biological threats that could be used in a ...More
    October 7, 2010
    Posted in News
  • NIH Scientists Describe How Salmonella Bacteria Spread in Humans
    New findings by National Institutes of Health scientists could explain how Salmonella bacteria, a common cause of food poisoning, efficiently spread in people. In a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers describe ...More
    September 30, 2010
    Posted in News
  • NIH Scientists Consider Fate of Pandemic H1N1 Flu Virus
    Whither pandemic H1N1 virus? In a new commentary, scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, review the fates of previous pandemic influenza viruses in the years following a pandemic and ...More
    September 28, 2010
    Posted in News
  • NIH Study Models H1N1 Flu Spread
    As the United States prepares for the upcoming flu season, a group of researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health continues to model how H1N1 may spread. The work is part of an effort, called the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS), to develop ...More
    September 21, 2010
    Posted in News
  • New Research Technology to Target Human Gut Bacteria
    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a three-year, $1.1 million grant to a team of scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory to develop a technology for studying the link between human health and disease and the microorganisms ...More
    September 15, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Pandemic Flu Experience Drives New Approach to Medical Countermeasures
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released an examination of the federal government’s system to produce medications, vaccines, equipment and supplies needed for a health emergency, known as medical countermeasures. The ...More
    August 23, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Research Project to Define Markers of Human Immune Responses to Infection and Vaccination
    A new nationwide research initiative has been launched to define changes in the human immune system, using human and not animal studies, in response to infection or to vaccination. Six U.S.-based Human Immune Phenotyping Centers will receive a total of $100 million over ...More
    August 11, 2010
    Posted in News
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