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Children exposed to HIV before birth are at risk for language impairments, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.

A single blood donation can save multiple lives. See if you are eligible to donate and find out what you can expect when giving blood.

Submit innovative ideas to help enroll uninsured kids in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Proposals should cut red tape, use technology for outreach and enrollment, or employ another suggested strategy.

On January 3, President Barack Obama signed a bill into law that will streamline airport screening procedures for service members and their families while traveling on official orders. Learn more about the new law.

Vitamin D may help prevent hormonal changes that can lead to bone loss among those being treated for HIV with the drug tenofovir, according to the results of a National Institutes of Health network study of adolescents with HIV.

January 16 is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. Find volunteer opportunities in your community.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program allows eligible participants to purchase a single family home in a designated revitalization area for 50% of the list price.

Since the discovery of the microscope, scientists have tried to visualize smaller and smaller structures to provide insights into the inner workings of human cells, bacteria and viruses. Now, researchers at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a new way to … Read more

A new type of lab has been created to utilize near-atomic resolution microscopy and other structural biology technologies to help accelerate important medical discoveries relating to global health challenges, such as cancer and HIV/AIDS. The Living Lab Structural Biology Center was formed through a cooperative research and development agreement between the National Institutes of Health … Read more

A clinical trial has shown that addition of chemotherapy to radiation therapy leads to a near doubling of median survival time in patients with a form of brain tumor (oligodendroglioma) that carries a chromosomal abnormality called the 1p19q co-deletion.

For decades, public health initiatives have encouraged people to put less salt in their foods and to check packaged foods for sodium content, but many people still consume too much salt.

The U.S. government remains concerned about the threat of influenza, for the risks it poses seasonally, as well as its potential to cause a pandemic.

NIH scientists find a potential new avenue for cancer therapies.

The National Institutes of Health today announced the appointments of seven individuals to the NIH Council of Councils.

An experimental vaccine to prevent chikungunya fever, a viral disease spread by certain species of mosquitoes, is being tested in a clinical trial conducted by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) scientists at the National Institutes of Health.

The journal Science has chosen the HPTN 052 clinical trial, an international HIV prevention trial sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, as the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year.

In a move to re-engineer the process of translating scientific discoveries into new drugs, diagnostics, and devices, the National Institutes of Health has established the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).