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November 2023
- Antibodies Passed through Placenta May Improve Survival for Infants with HIV
NIAID Now blog, November 30, 2023
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Evaluation of the US COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub for informing pandemic response under uncertainty, co-authored by Fogarty’s Cécile Viboud
Nature Communications, November 20, 2023 -
Progress Toward Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2022
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 17, 2023 -
Reversing the trend: a scoping review of health innovation transfer or exchange from low- and middle-income countries to high-income countries, co-authored by former Fogarty staff members Arina Knowlton and Linda Kupfer. Part of the Fogarty-supported “Reciprocal Innovation in Global Health Research” article series
BMJ Global Health, November 15, 2023 -
High school teachers journey from Indonesia to visit NIEHS
Environmental Factor, November 2023 - Analysis:
Global health reciprocal innovation to address mental health and wellbeing: strategies used and lessons learned, part of the Fogarty-supported “Reciprocal Innovation in Global Health Research” article series
BMJ Global Health, November 10, 2023 -
Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., takes the helm at NIH
NIH news, November 9, 2023 -
A comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 review, Part 2: host extracellular to systemic effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection, co-authored by Fogarty’s Nídia Trovão
European Journal of Human Genetics, November 8, 2023 -
Liquid biopsies and AI give insight into eye health and aging
NIH Research Matters, November 7, 2023 -
Previous genetic association studies involving people with European ancestry may be inaccurate
NIH news, November 7, 2023
October 2023
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Routine Vaccination Coverage — Worldwide, 2022
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, October 27, 2023 -
Progress Toward Measles and Rubella Elimination — Indonesia, 2013–2022
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, October 20, 2023 -
NIH revises grant review process to improve focus on scientific merit, reduce reputational bias
NIH news, October 19, 2023 -
Clinical characteristics and morbidity among hospitalized adults with advanced HIV disease in Uganda during ‘test and treat’ era, co-authored by Fogarty trainee Lillian Tugume and Fogarty grantees Fred Semitala, Moses Kamya, and David Meya
PLOS Global Public Health, October 18, 2023 -
NCI's Center for Global Health Launches Survey to Better Understand Cancer Therapeutic Clinical Trials in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health news, October 17, 2023 -
Is Women’s Empowerment a Key to Climate Adaptation? profile of Fogarty NIH Climate and Health Scholar Praveen Kumar
NIH Record, October 13, 2023 -
Study reveals how young children's immune systems tame SARS-CoV-2
NIH/NIAID news, October 13, 2023
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Filling the Eye Care Gap Down Under
NIH Record, October 13, 2023
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Scientists unveil detailed cell maps of the human brain and the nonhuman primate brain
NIH/NIMH news, October 12, 2023 -
Evolutionary and spatiotemporal analyses reveal multiple introductions and cryptic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 VOC/VOI in Malta, co-authored by Fogarty's Nídia S. Trovão
Microbiology Spectrum, October 6, 2023
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Reciprocal coproduction as a basis for the diffusion of global health innovations, part of the Fogarty-supported “Reciprocal Innovation in Global Health Research” article series
BMJ Global Health, October 4, 2023 -
WHO recommends R21/Matrix-M vaccine for malaria prevention in updated advice on immunization
WHO news, October 2, 2023 -
Perinatal care and breastfeeding education during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Perspectives from Kenyan mothers and healthcare workers, co-authored by Fogarty International Research Scientist Scott Ickes
Maternal and Child Nutrition, October 2023
September 2023
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The collateral benefits of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Fogarty Director’s blog, September 29, 2023 -
Building a Better Malaria Vaccine—NIAID Researchers Design a Paradigm-Busting Candidate
NIAID Now blog post, September 27, 2023 -
2023 NIDA International Forum Focuses on Enhancing Global Substance Use Research, Treatment, and Policies
NIDA
International E-Newsletter, September 25, 2023 -
USAID Announces Investment in Local South African Partner for HIV Vaccine Research and Development, Marking Progress in Localization Commitment
USAID press release, September 21, 2023 -
Clinical trial of HIV vaccine begins in United States and South Africa
NIH news, September 20, 2023 -
Women, Power, and Cancer: A Lancet Commission
NCI Center for Global Health news, September 17, 2023 -
Further Clarifying NIH’s Foreign Subaward Agreement Policy: Addressing Community Feedback,
Extramural Nexus, September 15, 2023
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Fogarty Welcomes International Fellows
NIH Record, September 15, 2023 -
HPAI Influenza Devastating Birds, Marine Mammals in Peru--Study Identifies Concerning Viral Mutations
NIAID Now blog, September 11, 2023 -
Fogarty bolsters research equity with $1.7 million in supplemental awards
Fogarty news, September 5, 2023
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The lived experiences of tuberculosis survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic and government lockdown in South Africa: a qualitative analysis, co-authored by Fogarty fellow Ann Scheunemann
BMC Public Health, September 5, 2023 -
The case for prioritizing malignant hematology services in low- and middle-income countries, authored by NCI Center for Global Health Director and former Fogarty Global Health Fellow Satish Gopal
Seminars in Hematology, September 2, 2023 -
One in three men worldwide are infected with genital human papillomavirus
WHO news, September 1, 2023 -
Data on non-communicable diseases: A missed opportunity in Pakistan, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Taimoor Ahmad and Zainab Samad
Journal of Global Health, September 1, 2023
August 2023
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US and Costa Rica Renew Commitment to Collaborate in Cervical Cancer Prevention Research
NCI Center of Global Health news, August 30, 2023 -
Accelerating Bayesian inference of dependency between mixed-type biological traits, co-authored by Fogarty’s Nídia S. Trovão and Josh Cherry
PLOS Computational Biology, August 28, 2023 -
Ohio State Scientists Evaluate Role of Deer in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
NIAID blog, August 28, 2023 -
Towards a competency-based doctoral curriculum at the University of Zambia: lessons from practice, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Wilbroad Mutale and Douglas Heimburger, and former trainee Geoffrey Kwenda
Frontiers in Education, August 28, 2023 -
Voices From the Field: Cognitive Assessments of Children Provided Insight into Andean Culture
Global Environmental Health, August 2023 -
Can community based solar energy initiatives deliver on women's empowerment in India? Evidence from rural Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, co-authored by NIH Climate and Health Scholar Praveen Kumar
Energy Research & Social Science, August 23, 2023 -
Parkinson’s disease gene variant found in study of some people of African ancestry
NIH/NIA/NINDS news, August 22, 2023 -
SARS-CoV-2 can cause lasting damage to cells’ energy production
NIH Research Matters, August 22, 2023 -
Motivations for blood donation by HIV-positive individuals on antiretrovirals in South Africa: A qualitative study, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Karin van den Berg and Edward Murphy
Transfusion medicine, August 15, 2023 -
NIH unveils comprehensive proteogenomic dataset to help cancer researchers unravel molecular mysteries
NIH/NCI news, August 14, 2023 -
COVID-19 vaccination and boosting during pregnancy benefits pregnant people and newborns
NIH/NIAID news, August 11, 2023 - Core mitochondrial genes are down-regulated during SARS-CoV-2 infection of rodent and human hosts, co-authored by Fogarty’s Nídia S. Trovão
Science Translational Medicine, August 9, 2023
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Genetic variant associated with absence of COVID-19 symptoms
NIH Research Matters, August 8, 2023 -
Association of severe malaria with cognitive and behavioural outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis and systematic review, co-authored by Fogarty Advisory Board member Chandy John
Malaria Journal, August 3, 2023 -
Sequential viral introductions and spread of BA.1 across Pakistan provinces during the Omicron wave, co-authored by Fogarty’s Nídia S. Trovão, David Spiro, and Zeba Rasmussen
BMC Genomics, August 3, 2023
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Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Acute Respiratory Illnesses in South African Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic, co-authored by Emerging Global Leader Marieke Van Der Zalm
The
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, August 2023
July 2023
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NCI Funding Helps AI Researchers Gain Global Insight on Cancer
NCI’s Cancer Data Science Pulse blog, July 31, 2023 -
NIH launches long COVID clinical trials through RECOVER Initiative, opening enrollment
HHS/NIH news, July 31, 2023 -
Challenges and opportunities of molecular epidemiology: using omics to address complex One Health issues in tropical settings, co-authored by Fogarty Advisory Board member Wondwossen Gebreyes
Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, July 28, 2023 -
Building health research resilience: Fogarty's impact in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Fogarty Director’s blog, July 27, 2023 -
Project NextGen — Defeating SARS-CoV-2 and Preparing for the Next Pandemic, authored by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha
New England Journal of Medicine, July 26, 2023 -
Research in Context: Progress toward universal vaccines
NIH Research Matters, July 25, 2023 - Viewpoint:
Global HIV control: is the glass half empty or half full?, co-authored by Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx and Fogarty grantees Jean Nachega and Frederick Altice
The Lancet HIV, July 25, 2023 -
Daily statin reduces heart disease risk among adults living with HIV
NIH/NHLBI news, July 24, 2023 -
WHO recommends optimizing HIV testing services
WHO news, July 23, 2023 -
Behavioral factors and SARS-CoV-2 transmission heterogeneity within a household cohort in Costa Rica, co-authored by Fogarty’s Kaiyuan Sun
Communications Medicine, July 22, 2023 -
Achieving a robust mentoring and research capacity program in a LMIC – the BRAINS faculty development model, co-authored by Fogarty grantees
Folasade Tolulope Ogunsola
BMC Medical Education, July 20, 2023
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Vaginal microbiome community state types and high-risk human papillomaviruses in cervical precancer and cancer in North-central Nigeria, co-authored Emerging Global Leader John Musa
BMC Cancer, July 20, 2023 -
New atlas of human kidney cells to help unlock kidney disease research
NIH/NIDDK news, July 19, 2023 - Commentary:
We must invest in behavioural economics for the HIV response, co-authored by Fogarty’s Susan Vorkoper
Nature Human Behaviour, July 18, 2023 -
Mothers of the River: raising the ceiling for maternal care in the Amazon, profile of Mamas del rio organization headed by Former Fogarty Fellow and current grantee Magaly Blas
BMJ, July 17, 2023 -
Soon Explores How the Chinese Diaspora Shaped Medicine in the Region
NIH Record, July 7, 2023 - Podcast:
Caring for the Whole Person with Wisdom and Focus, interview with Fogarty Advisory Board member Otis Brawley, part of NCI’s Inside Cancer Careers Podcast
July 6, 2023
- Investigational Three-Month TB Regimen Is Safe but Ineffective, NIH Study Finds
NIH/NIAID news, July 5, 2023 -
Combination HIV prevention during pregnancy and the post-partum period in Malawi and Zambia: a mathematical modelling analysis, co-authored by Former Fogarty trainees, Wilbroad Mutale, Nora Rosenberg, Kellie Freeborn, Friday Saidi, and Priscilla Mulenga, and Fogarty grantees Sten Vermund Benjamin Chi
Journal of the International AIDS Society, July 4, 2023 - Perspective:
PEPFAR at 20 — A Game-Changing Impact on HIV in Africa, authored by Fogarty grantees Jean B. Nachega, David Serwadda, Alash’le Abimiku, Izukanji Sikazwe, and Quarraisha Abdool Karim
New England Journal of Medicine, July 1, 2023
June 2023
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A global matchmaking web platform facilitating equitable institutional partnerships and mentorship to strengthen health workforce training capacity, co-authored by Fogarty’s Linda Kupfer
Frontiers in Education, June 30, 2023 -
SARS-CoV-2 infection and pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescents: a case-control study, co-authored by Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Marieke M. Van Der Zalm
BMC Infectious Diseases, June 29, 2023 -
Consortium for violence prevention research, leadership training, and implementation for excellence (CONVERGE): a protocol to train science leaders in gender-based-violence and violence-against-children research for impact, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Kathryn M. Yount and former Fogarty Fellow Ameeta S. Kalokhe
Frontiers in Education, June 29, 2023 -
Human testing for potential new TB treatment, first in nearly six decades profile of Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Admire Dube
Nature Africa, June 27, 2023 -
Novel vaccines may help quell polio outbreaks
NIH Research Matters, June 27, 2023
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Identifying a new contributor to tooth decay
NIH Research Matters, June 27, 2023 -
Changes in Human Microbiome Precede Alzheimer’s Cognitive Declines
NIH Director’s blog, June 27, 2023 -
The epidemiology of HIV population viral load in twelve sub-Saharan African countries , co-authored by Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx
PLOS One , June 26, 2023 -
NIEHS Informs Health Guidance at World’s Largest Digital Dumpsite
Global Environmental Health, June 2023 -
Feasibility and acceptability of peer-delivered HIV self-testing and PrEP for young women in Kampala, Uganda, co-authored by Fogarty trainees Rita Nakalega, Samuel Kizito, Zubair Lukyamuzi , and Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Andrew Mujugira
BMC Public Health, June 16, 2023 -
Intraocular corticosteroids best for treating complications of chronic inflammatory eye condition
NIH/NEI news, June 13, 2023 -
Designing a SARS-CoV-2 decoy
NIH Catalyst, June 13, 2023 -
NIH welcomes a new generation of African scientific leaders to campus
Fogarty/NIH news, June 7, 2023
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Beyond borders: Preventing and treating high blood pressure in Haiti
NHLBI research feature, June 6, 2023 -
Encouraging First-in-Human Results for a Promising HIV Vaccine
NIH Director’s blog, June 6, 2023 -
Increasing Effectiveness and Equity in Strengthening Health Research Capacity Using Data and Metrics: Recent Advances of the ESSENCE Mechanism, co-authored by Fogarty Acting Director Peter Kilmarx and Fogarty’s Janelle Cruz and Linda Kupfer
Annals of Global Health, June 2, 2023 -
NIH funds first climate and health research coordinating center
Environmental Factor, June 2023 -
WHO launches a single-source repository on drug dependence information
WHO news, June 1, 2023 -
Food and Water Insecurity in Sexual and Gender Minority Groups Living With HIV in Lagos, Nigeria, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Manhattan Charurat
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, June 1, 2023
May 2023
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A Single Dose Of HPV Vaccine May Provide Adequate Protection
NCI/Frederick National Lab news, May 31, 2023 -
Large study provides scientists with deeper insight into long COVID symptoms
NIH/NHLBI news, May 25, 2023 -
Clinicopathological Characteristics and Outcomes of Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients With and Without HIV Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Salum J. Lidenge
JCO Global Oncology, May 22, 2023 -
Fellows & Scholars at 20: Paying it forward
Global Health Matters, May 22, 2023
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Brain signatures for chronic pain identified in a small group of individuals
NINDS/NIH news, May 22, 2023
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The Implementation of a GPS-Based Location-Tracking Smartphone App in South Africa to Improve Engagement in HIV Care: Randomized Controlled Trial, co-authored by Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Tasmin Kate Phillips
JMIR mHealth and uHealth, May 19, 2023 -
How to turn evidence into policy, authored by NCI Center for Global Health’s Patti E. Gravitt
Nature Medicine, May 17, 2023 -
South to South Collaboration to Strengthen Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, supplement in
Journal of Adolescent Health supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, May 2023
- Clinical trial of mRNA universal influenza vaccine candidate begins
NIH/NIAID news, May 15, 2023 -
Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion beyond borders
Fogarty Director’s blog, May 15, 2023 -
Suicide in Global Mental Health, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Milton L. Wainberg
Current Psychiatry Reports, May 13, 2023 -
NIH launches $140 million effort to investigate genetic variation in normal human cells and tissues
NIH/NINDS news, May 11, 2023 -
Scientists release a new human “pangenome” reference
NIH/NHGRI news, May 10, 2023 -
NIH researchers identify large genetic changes that contribute to dementia risk
NIH/NIA news, May 8, 2023 -
Depression, suicidality, substance-use and associated factors among people living with HIV the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Celestino Obua
PLos One, May 5, 2023 - NIH study identifies features of Long COVID neurological symptoms
NIH/NINDS news, May 5, 2023
- Cesarean deliveries are rising in Rwanda. AI could reduce the risks
Science, May 2, 2023
April 2023
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Biomarker pattern found in kids with COVID 19-linked inflammatory syndrome
NIH/NICHD news, April 25, 2023 -
Universal Influenza Candidate Vaccine Performs Well in Phase 1 Trial
NIAID news, April 20, 2023 -
mRNA Technology Transfer Programme moves to the next phase of its development
WHO news, April 20, 2023 -
Malaria Screening Gets “Smart” with Machine Learning
NLM Musings from the Mezzanine blog, April 19, 2023 -
Bohnet Discusses Gender Bias in the Workplace
NIH Record, April 14, 2023 -
Cunsolo Discusses Mental Health Impact of Climate Change
NIH Record, April 14, 2023 -
Prevalence of and factors associated with childhood anaemia in remote villages of the Peruvian Amazon: a cross-sectional study and geospatial analysis, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Andres Lescano and Fogarty trainees John Nesemann, Saloman Durand, and Cristiam Carey-Angeles
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, April 11, 2023 -
Extremely rare gene variants point to a potential cause of age-related macular degeneration
NIH/NEI news, April 3, 2023
March 2023
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Woman potentially cured of HIV using transplant with cord blood stem cells
NIH Research Matters, March 28, 2023 -
HIV can persist for years in myeloid cells of people on antiretroviral therapy
NIH/NIMH news, March 28, 2023 - Implementation Science for Eliminating HIV Among Adolescents in High-Burden African Countries: Findings and Lessons Learned from the Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance (AHISA), authored by Fogarty’s Susan Vorkoper, Fogarty Acting Deputy Director Rachel Sturke, and grantees Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Linda-Gail Bekker
AIDS and Behavior, March 25, 2023
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Bibliometric Analysis of Authorship of Publications about Sub-Saharan Africa Published in the Journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2011-2020, co-authored by former Fogarty staff member Ezinne Akudinobi and Fogarty Acting Director Peter Kilmarx
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, March 22, 2023 -
SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response to vaccination
NIH/NIAID news March 20, 2023 -
NINDS-FIC Team Sees ‘Showcase of Amazing Neurological Research’
NIH Record, March 17, 2023
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Our Shared Ancestry in African Genomes Can Be Harnessed to Improve Health For All
The NIH Catalyst, March 16, 2023 -
NIH-funded NASEM report recommends best practices for use of population descriptors in genetics and genomics research
NIH Director statement, March 14, 2023 -
New, non-invasive imaging tool maps uterine contractions during labor
NIH/NICHD news, March 14, 2023 -
Vital Signs: Progress Toward Eliminating HIV as a Global Public Health Threat Through Scale-Up of Antiretroviral Therapy and Health System Strengthening Supported by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — Worldwide, 2004–2022
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC, March 14, 2023 -
Breaking Down Barriers to HIV Medication Access
NIMH research highlight, March 13, 2023 - Human footprint is associated with shifts in the assemblages of major vector-borne diseases, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Caroline K. Glidden, Andrew J. MacDonald, and Erin A. Mordecai
Nature Sustainability, March 13, 2023 -
Scientists reveal a potential new approach to treating liver cancer
NIH/ NCATS news, March 13, 2023 -
Inhalable hydrogel protects lungs from SARS-CoV-2
NIH Research Matters, March 7, 2023 -
Connecting the Dots: Oral Infection to Rheumatoid Arthritis
NIH Director’s Blog, March 7, 2023 -
Temperature-Stable TB Vaccine Safe, Prompts Immune Response in NIH-Supported Study
NIH/NIAID news, March 6, 2023
February 2023
January 2023
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Marburg vaccine shows promising results in first-in-human study
NIH/NIAID news, January 30, 2023 -
NIH, HHS discuss health systems strengthening, sickle cell disease at US-Africa summit
Global Health Matters, January 23, 2023 -
Epidemiology of Human Mpox — Worldwide, 2018–2021
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC, January 20, 2023
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Experimental HIV vaccine regimen safe but ineffective, study finds
NIH/NIAID news, January 18, 2023 -
WHO announces plans to establish a TB Vaccine Accelerator council
WHO news, January 17, 2023 - Probiotic markedly reduces
S. aureus colonization in Phase 2 trial
NIH/NIAID news, January 17, 2023
- Kilmarx steps in as Acting Fogarty Director, Sturke to act as Deputy
Fogarty news, January 17, 2023 -
Rapidly shifting immunologic landscape and severity of SARS-CoV-2 in the Omicron era in South Africa, co-authored by Fogarty’s Kaiyuan Sun & Cécile Viboud
Nature Communications, January 16, 2023 -
Cholera Outbreak — Haiti, September 2022–January 2023
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC, January 13, 2023 -
Developing mucosal vaccines for respiratory viruses
NIH/NIAID news, January 11, 2023 -
Paxlovid reduces serious risks from Omicron variants
NIH Research Matters, January 10, 2023 -
Blood test for early Alzheimer’s detection
NIH Research Matters, January 10, 2023 -
Ninth Global Health Workshop Held with Gates Foundation
NIH Record, January 6, 2023
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New 3-D model offers insights into the role of glucose in a deadly kidney disease
NIH/NCATS news, January 5, 2023 -
NIH study links specific outdoor air pollutants to asthma attacks in urban children
NIH/NIAID news, January 4, 2023 -
NIH researchers map cellular activity underlying infection-induced preterm labor
NICHD science update, January 3, 2023
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