Press release Thursday, March 25, 2021 What Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered specific regions within the DNA of neurons that accumulate certain types of damage (called single-stranded …
Read More »Preterm delivery, prolonged labor influenced by progesterone balance
Press release Thursday, March 11, 2021 New research in mice sheds light on hormone regulation necessary in late pregnancy and opens the door to therapy. New research from the National Institutes of …
Read More »NIH-led team sets new standard in retinal imaging
Press release Thursday, March 11, 2021 By removing extraneous light, the scientists improved resolution by 33%. A team led by scientists from the National Eye Institute (NEI) has non-invasively visualized the light-sensitive …
Read More »NIH Stops COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Trial in Emergency Department Patients With Mild Symptoms
Press release Tuesday, March 2, 2021 The study shows that the treatment is safe, but does not provide a significant benefit in this group. What The National Institutes of Health stopped a …
Read More »NIH effort seeks to understand MIS-C, the range of effects of SARS-CoV-2 in children
Press release Tuesday, March 2, 2021 The National Institutes of Health has launched a new research effort to understand how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, affects children, who account for approximately …
Read More »NIH and BARDA Statement Regarding FDA Emergency Use Authorization of Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine
Press release Saturday, February 27, 2021 Today, the US Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization (USA) to Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals Companies for its single injection COVID-19 vaccine, …
Read More »NIH study finds that people with antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 may be at low risk of future infection
Press release Wednesday, February 24, 2021 People who have had evidence of a previous infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, appear to be well protected against reinfection with the virus, …
Read More »Lewy Body Dementia Genetic Study Supports Links to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease
Press release Tuesday, February 16, 2021 An NIH-led study identifies five genes that may play a key role in Lewy body dementia. In a study led by researchers at the National Institutes …
Read More »Study Identifies Risk Factors for High Anxiety in Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Press release Friday, February 12, 2021 Findings on the impact of childhood temperament could help with anxiety prevention efforts. A new study has identified early risk factors that predicted increased anxiety in …
Read More »Four Potential COVID-19 Therapies Enter Phase 2/3 Testing in NIH ACTIV-2 Trial
Press release Friday, February 12, 2021 Enrollment has begun to test additional investigational drugs in the Accelerating COVID-19 Vaccine and Therapeutic Interventions (ACTIV) program. ACTIV is a public-private partnership program to create …
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