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As you prepare for the holidays, check out USA.gov’s 10 Holiday Tips. We hope our suggestions will help you to spend within your budget, keep your family safe, protect the environment, and more!

Ten Tips for the Holidays: Our 10 holiday tips can help you celebrate the season. Find tips for spending within your budget and more.

False rumors about the end of the world in 2012 have been commonplace on the Internet for some time. Many of these rumors involve the Mayan calendar ending in 2012 (it won’t), a comet causing catastrophic effects (definitely not), a hidden planet sneaking up and colliding with us (no and no), and many others. The world … Read more

National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced today the selection of Richard Nakamura, Ph.D., as the new director for the NIH’s Center for Scientific Review (CSR). Dr. Nakamura has been serving as the acting director since September 2011.

Celebrating the Holidays with Kids?: If you’re celebrating the holidays with kids, discuss these tips from Kids.gov with them. 

Potential new treatments for a variety of cancers, spinal cord injury, and a rare disease that can lead to kidney failure are targets of a program that provides eligible scientists with no-cost access to National Institutes of Health therapeutic development contractor resources.

A national study suggests that psychotropic medications are, in general, being prescribed appropriately among U.S. teens.

By Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services With the holiday season upon us, it’s easy to get busy this time of year. Some pretty important tasks can get left to the last minute. One of those important tasks is ensuring you are in the right health insurance plan in Medicare. Selecting the right … Read more

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new oral medication for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis that represents a new class of drugs for the disease. The drug, tofacitinib (Xeljanz), provides a new treatment option for adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have had an inadequate response to, or who … Read more

NIH will present its implementation plans resulting from recommendations from three working groups of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD).

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Are You Eligible for Unemployment Insurance?: If you’re unemployed, you may be eligible for unemployment insurance. Find out if you are.

International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day, recognized every year on the ninth day of the ninth month, is an important reminder that prenatal alcohol exposure is the leading preventable cause of birth defects and developmental disorders in the United States. Almost 40 years have passed since we recognized that drinking during pregnancy can … Read more

As of September 4, 2012, 87 deaths caused by West Nile Virus have been reported in the United States. There have been 1,993 cases of West Nile Virus in people, with 70 percent of those cases occurring in six states: Texas, South Dakota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Michigan. Forty-eight states have reported West Nile virus … Read more