National Institutes Of Health (NIH)

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
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Healthcare Epidemiology: The Research Agenda for the Next Decade

A new research consortium through which to address persistent knowledge gaps could be precisely what the healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention community has been waiting for in light of urgent scientific and clinical questions requiring more definitive answers ...More
July 29, 2010
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Public Workshop on Antibacterial Resistance and Drug Development Research Announced

The Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) will host a two-day workshop to bring together experts to discuss the scientific data addressing key issues in the ...More
July 21, 2010
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Dissolving Microneedles Improve Flu Vaccine Delivery

A new vaccine-delivery patch based on hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve into the skin could allow persons without medical training to painlessly administer vaccines – while providing improved immunization against diseases such as influenza ...More
July 20, 2010
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Scientists Discover Antibodies That Prevent Most HIV Strains from Infecting Human Cells

The discovery of antibodies that prevent most HIV strains from infecting human cells could advance HIV vaccine design, antibody therapy for other diseases. ...More
July 9, 2010
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Great Minds Gathered at Fifth Decennial International Conference on HAIs

By Kelly M. PyrekMore than 3,200 professionals in the fields of infection prevention and control, public health, occupational health, quality improvement and others convened in mid-March to set the agenda for the next 10 years of research and discourse pertaining to ...More
March 31, 2010
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IDSA: President's FY 2011 Budget Falls Far Short on Infectious Diseases Programs

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) says it is disappointed that President Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget fails to strengthen key U.S. public health and research initiatives, and adds that the nation's ability to prevent, diagnose and treat an ...More
February 5, 2010
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Senate Confirms Dr. Francis Collins as Director of the National Institutes of Health

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Dr. Francis Collins as the next director of the National Institutes of Health.“Dr. Collins is one of our generation's great ...More
August 7, 2009
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NIH Grants Will Strengthen Fight Against HIV/AIDS-Tuberculosis

The Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health today announced it will award $11.75 million over five years in grants to institutions to strengthen the fight against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti, Uganda and China and establish a new program in ...More
April 16, 2009
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How Toxoplasma gondii Gets Noticed

In a new study, researchers provide insight into how Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite of people and other animals, triggers an immune response in its host. The report will appear online Jan. 19 in The Journal of Experimental Medicine. A strong immune response spares T. ...More
January 19, 2009
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization