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Fogarty International Center Awards Research Training Grants to Tackle AIDS and Tuberculosis

The Fogarty International Center (FIC), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced it funded institutions in Brazil and Zimbabwe, along with partner institutions in the United States, to establish research training programs to improve in-country ...More

December 16, 2005

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1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus Declared a Select Agent

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published today in the Federal Register an interim rule declaring the strain of influenza responsible for the 1918 pandemic as a select agent. There are currently 41 other agents and toxins listed as select agents under ...More

October 20, 2005

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ChangeMenopause.com Launches Community Site

NEW YORK--ChangeMenopause.com is a new online platform designed to build a community resource for menopausal women. Designed by Women's Marketing Group, ChangeMenopause.com includes a blog site to allow women to express their frustrations, share experiences and gain support ...More

September 28, 2005

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NIH Opens Up Medical Consultation Line to Patients Affected by Hurricane Katrina

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced that it is expanding its round-the-clock telephone medical consultation service previously available to healthcare providers to all patients affected by Hurricane Katrina. Medical experts at NIH, academic medical ...More

September 15, 2005

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HHS Designates First Medical Shelters and Provides Vital Medical Supplies and Medical Assistance

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt announced on Friday that the first 10 Federal Medical Shelters (FMCs) will be located at Department of Defense (DoD) facilities throughout the Gulf region to provide basic healthcare services for Hurricane ...More

September 6, 2005

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What Really Happens When a Virus Enters the Body?

A well-respected researcher who is now a chief of an immunology laboratory of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has rocked the boat in the past few years for the experts in the understanding of the autoimmune system. NIH’s Polly Matzinger has developed the "danger ...More

August 15, 2005

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HIV Therapy Greatly Extends Life of Key T Cells, Scientists Find

Interleukin-2 (IL-2), an immune-boosting drug used experimentally in HIV therapy, greatly increases the lifespan of certain subsets of immune system T cells in some HIV-positive people who respond to this therapy, discovered researchers from the National Institutes of ...More

July 18, 2005

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NIH Sabin Gold Medal Awarded to Vaccine Developer Dr. Albert Z. Kapikian

BALTIMORE -- Albert Z. Kapikian, MD, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was awarded the prestigious Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal at a ceremony on May 10, 2005. Cited for his "extraordinary ...More

May 16, 2005

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West Nile Virus DNA Vaccine Enters Human Trial

SAN DIEGO -- Vical Incorporated announced today that initial human testing of an investigational vaccine targeting West Nile virus (WNV) has begun at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. The vaccine, based on Vical's proprietary DNA ...More

April 19, 2005

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Scientists Discover How Ebola Virus Infects Cells; Finding Could Lead to Treatments for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Ebola virus reproduction in laboratory-grown cells is severely hampered by enzyme-inhibiting chemicals, and these chemicals deserve further study as possible treatments for Ebola virus infections in humans, report scientists supported in part by the National Institute of ...More

April 18, 2005

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