The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) ...
Month: October 2010
Medicare, HHS agencies partner with PEPFAR to transform African medical educationMedicare, HHS agencies partner with PEPFAR to transform African medical education
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) ...
Medicare, NIH launches Genotype-Tissue Expression projectMedicare, NIH launches Genotype-Tissue Expression project
The National Institutes of Health today announced awards to support an initiative to understand how genetic variation may control gene ...
NIH Grantee Wins 2010 Nobel Prize in ChemistryNIH Grantee Wins 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to National Institutes of Health (NIH) grantee Ei-ichi Negishi, Ph.D., of ...
Medicare, NIH announces new program to accelerate research independenceMedicare, NIH announces new program to accelerate research independence
The National Institutes of Health intends to invest approximately $60 million over the next five years in the NIH Director’s ...
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Announces Winners of i6 ChallengeU.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Announces Winners of i6 Challenge
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced the winners of the i6 Challenge, a new $12 million innovation competition led ...
Unprecedented effort to seek, test, and treat inmates with HIVUnprecedented effort to seek, test, and treat inmates with HIV
Twelve scientific teams in more than a dozen states will receive National Institutes of Health grants to study effective ways ...
2010 National Book Festival2010 National Book Festival
My mother encouraged my sisters and me, starting when we were very young, to be interested in books. I was ...
Science News, Medicare, Preference for Moving Shapes vs. People Linked to Autism in BabiesScience News, Medicare, Preference for Moving Shapes vs. People Linked to Autism in Babies
A 1-minute video showing computer screensavers next to videos of dancing children may prove to be a simple, inexpensive screening ...
Medicare, Puerto Rican Birth Certificate ExtensionMedicare, Puerto Rican Birth Certificate Extension
As Leilani told us (en español aqui) back in April, a Puerto Rican law declared all birth certificates issued in ...
NIH and FDA announce awards to advance regulatory scienceNIH and FDA announce awards to advance regulatory science
The National Institutes of Health will award $9.4 million over three years to support four research projects in regulatory science. ...
Science News, National Survey Confirms that Youth are Disproportionately Affected by Mental DisordersScience News, National Survey Confirms that Youth are Disproportionately Affected by Mental Disorders
About 20 percent of U.S. youth during their lifetime are affected by some type of mental disorder to an extent ...
NIH announces Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesNIH announces Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
The National Institutes of Health announces the transition of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) to ...
Medicare, National Institute of Nursing Research, kicks off 25th anniversary with Bringing Science to Life scientific symposiumMedicare, National Institute of Nursing Research, kicks off 25th anniversary with Bringing Science to Life scientific symposium
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will begin a year-long ...