A drug approved to treat high blood pressure, called verapamil, was found protective in people with type 1 diabetes.

Black children with asthma accessed community health centers less than White children, while Latino children (who prefer to speak either English or Spanish) were more likely to visit CHCs for acute, chronic and preventive care overall.

Law enforcement seizures of pills containing illicit fentanyl increased dramatically since 2018, according to a new NIDA-funded study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Schools with mandatory masking during the Delta surge had approximately 72 percent fewer cases of in-school transmission of SARS-CoV-2 compared with schools with optional or partial masking policies, according to an NIH-funded study

NIAID has launched a phase 1 clinical trial evaluating three experimental HIV vaccines based on a messenger RNA (mRNA) platform—a technology used in several approved Covid-19 vaccines.

Electronic cigarette use—also called vaping—has been on the rise.

Calorie restriction—reducing food intake without causing malnutrition—can yield health benefits that include improved metabolism and delayed onset of age-associated diseases.

Scientists from two independent research teams have discovered how the mislocalization of a protein, known as TDP-43, alters the genetic instructions for UNC13A, providing a possible therapeutic target that could have implications in treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and other forms of dementia.

After studying blood samples from 244 patients hospitalized for Covid-19, a group of researchers, including NIH investigators, identified “rogue antibodies” that correlate with severe illness and may help explain mechanisms associated with severe blood clotting.

A recent NIDCD study mapped the brain during speech planning. The findings may lead to a better understanding of speech disorders such as stuttering.