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Novel therapies, improved technologies and a better understanding of the immune system could yield broad dividends.

“Over 40% of the vulnerable population in the U.S. lives within 5 miles of a CVS Pharmacy location, so we have a chance to engage them.”

Collins has led the NIH under three presidents over more than 12 years.

That’s a $267 million increase for HIV efforts from 2021. Plus, Biden’s 2022 budget invests $6.5 billion in health research.

The World Health Organization coordinates efforts to create flu and COVID-19 vaccines and to fight other global health issues.

The liver virus affects as many as one in four people worldwide.

Why does the world’s most common liver virus affect humans more than our most recent genetic ancestors?

Stanford’s Mehlika Toy is working with the World Health Organization to determine what it will take to stop the liver virus in its tracks.

More than 300 organizations call for more funding for the National Institutes of Health.

He also told pharma leaders: “We have to get prices down. We have no choice.”

Researchers in Boston are asking smartphone users to share their experiences with the effects of HCV treatment via the C Tracker app.

The decision reverses the agency’s longstanding policy to continue with chimpanzee testing, despite the species’ internationally protected sta...

If passed, the law would officially fast-track studies looking into how diseases and treatments affect men and women differently.