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Coronavirus Vaccine Unlikely Before Late November: NIH Director
The director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health said Tuesday a coronavirus vaccine likely won't be authorized by the…
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Late-Stage Study of Single-Dose Vaccine Starts in U.S.
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson began Wednesday a large final study to prove if a single-shot coronavirus vaccine can protect…
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Researchers Stress Need for Minorities’ Inclusion in Vaccine Trials
With nothing less than the success of the entire endeavor at stake, the unprecedented scientific quest to end the coronavirus…
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Scientists Call for ‘Human Challenge Trials’ to Speed Vaccine Development
In support of "human challenge trials" believed to expedite the development of a coronavirus vaccine, 100 scientists signed an open…
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Major Investment Announced to Cure Sickle Cell, HIV
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to invest at least $100 million over the next four years toward developing…
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Cigarette Smoking Hits All-Time Low
An estimated 14 percent of American adults smoked cigarettes every day or some parts of the day during 2017, which…
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Henrietta Lacks’ Name to Grace Building on Johns Hopkins Campus
A new interdisciplinary building to be constructed in 2020 on the campus of Johns Hopkins University’s East Baltimore campus will…
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Does It Really Run in Your Family?
Overwhelmingly you will hear people's responses about disease, "it runs in my family." Does it really run in your family?
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN THE NEWS: First Lady Visits Kids on Valentine’s Day
First lady Melania Trump stopped in Bethesda on Valentine's Day to visit children staying with their families at The Children's…
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EDITORIAL: Why We Let Mothers Die
Why are women in the District dying during or soon after childbirth and what is causing the rate of maternal…
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