National Institutes of Health

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St. Louis researchers want residents' help in building national medical database

Sarah Fentem

Investigators at St. Louis University and SSM Health hope to recruit people to add their health information to a huge national database that aims to diversify medical research.

Five separate outbreaks of H7N9 avian influenza have surfaced over the past six years, sickening more than 1,500 people. Researchers at SLU are now working to test a new vaccination against the virus.

Health, Science & Environment

SLU Seeks Volunteers To Test Bird Flu Vaccination

Shahla Farzan

Researchers at St. Louis University are recruiting volunteers to test a new vaccination for avian influenza.The vaccination targets the H7N9 strain, which…

Health, Science & Environment

Wash U researchers warn that cuts to NIH funding could threaten public health

Eli Chen

President Donald Trump's proposal to cut the National Institutes of Health 2018 budget by more than a fifth could severely hamper the ability to deliver…

Dr. Sarada Garg takes measurements with a portable ultrasound machine at Washington University in St. Louis. A pregnant volunteer looks on.

Health, Science & Environment

Portable ultrasounds to measure the health effects of pollution in developing countries

Adly Castanaza, nurse from Jalapa, Guatemala, guides the probe of a portable ultrasound over the belly of a volunteer in St. Louis. It’s the same machine…

Geneticist Michael White, right, visits with postdoctoral researcher Max Staller as he prepares samples in the lab. White is waiting to hear if the NIH will fund a proposal to start his own lab.

Health, Science & Environment

St. Louis geneticist makes case for NIH funding as budget deadline looms

As Congress faces a deadline to pass a stopgap budget for the rest of the federal fiscal year, scientists in research hubs like St. Louis are paying close…

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic blood disorder that alters red blood cells. A defect in hemoglobin (a protein that helps the cells carry oxygen through the body) causes red blood cells to become rigid and take on a crescent (sickle) shape.

Health, Science & Environment

Washington University gets $4.3 million to improve treatments for sickle cell disease

Improved treatments for sickle cell disease are extending the life expectancy of thousands of people in the United States, but many patients still lack…

Zika virus, here shown as a digitally-colorized transmission electron micrograph, can be transmitted by mosquitoes or sexually.

Health, Science & Environment

Research roundup: Here’s how local scientists are helping the fight against Zika

From bioengineered mosquitoes to a $5,000 seed grant, researchers in Missouri and southern Illinois are joining an international effort to stop the Zika…

Government, Politics & Issues

Blunt, Biden talk about boosting health-care research ahead of State of the Union speech

While U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., clearly has his philosophical and political differences with the president, last night he praised Barack Obama’s plan to…

Government, Politics & Issues

Blunt says boost in NIH funding will produce jobs, save tax dollars

U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., says boosting investments in health care research now will be good for Missouri.The $1.1 trillion federal spending plan…

Government, Politics & Issues

Blunt supports increase in research funding for National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health would see its largest increase in funding in more than a decade under a plan being considered by the Senate…