A large NIH-funded study found that greater exposure to long-term air pollution was linked with increased risks for blood clots that can occur in deep veins. If untreated, these clots can block blood flow and cause serious complications, even death.

Children of mothers who took certain antiseizure medications while pregnant do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6, according to a long-running study funded by NIH. The study was published in JAMA Neurology.

Results from a large NCI-funded clinical trial found that the immunotherapy drug nivolumab should be part of the initial treatment of teens and adults with advanced forms of classic Hodgkin lymphoma.