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Auction of Dr. Fauci's 1st Pitch Baseball to Help Sick Children
The baseball used by Dr. Anthony Fauci for his ceremonial first pitch of the 2020 Major League Baseball season is now soaring to even greater heights. The baseball is going up for auction Tuesday and the proceeds will benefit children facing life-challenging illnesses at the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health. “We are very excited to be able…
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Auction of Dr. Fauci's 1st Pitch Ball to Help Seriously Ill Children
The baseball used by Dr. Anthony Fauci for his first pitch of the 2020 Major League Baseball season is up for auction and the proceeds will benefit the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
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NIH Director: Doubt About COVID Vaccines ‘A Troubling Situation'
National Institute of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins explains how scientists will make sure any vaccines go through proper testing to ensure safety and that transparency will be crucial to stop conspiracy theories.
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Coronavirus Lives for Hours in Air Particles and Days on Surfaces: Study
The new coronavirus can survive for several hours in air particles and last days on surfaces, according to a new federally funded study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UCLA and Princeton University examined how long COVID-19 survives in the air as well as on copper,...
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Dr. Fauci: ‘We Have Not Reached Our Peak'
Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses the latest on the Coronavirus outbreak including the big threat from Europe and the decrease in cases in China.
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Tests Show New Virus Lives on Some Surfaces for Up to 3 Days
Tests led by U.S. government scientists show that the new coronavirus can live in the air for several hours and on some surfaces for up to three days
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Lab Report: Gene Researchers Map Out Dog Family Tree
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have come up withthe most complete and definitive canine family tree, NBC News reported. They’ve spent more than 20 years sampling the genes of 161 breeds of dog, sequencing them and comparing them to show how breeds were mixed and matched to make new breeds. The geneolgy also gives a rough timeline and...
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NIH Experiments With Drug to Reduce Opioid Cravings
The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is testing an experimental drug that could save lives in the fight against the opioid epidemic.
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Maryland Woman Wore Lab Coat, Attempted to Steal Rare Medical Specimens From NIH: Police
Federal police officers arrested a Silver Spring, Maryland, woman suspected of attempting to steal sensitive medical specimens and equipment from the clinical center of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda.
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Woman Accused of Breaching Security at NIH, Attempting to Steal Rare Specimens
An unemployed woman with possible mental health concerns is accused of entering a secured lab at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. Scott MacFarlane reports.
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Early Study Results Suggest 2 Ebola Treatments Saving Lives
Two of four experimental Ebola drugs being tested in Congo seem to be saving lives, international health authorities announced Monday. The preliminary findings prompted an early halt to a major study on the drugs and a decision to prioritize their use in the African country, where a yearlong outbreak has killed more than 1,800 people. The early results mark “some...
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Crowdfunding Campaign, Philanthropist Attempt to Save National Philharmonic
The National Philharmonic is hosting a crowdfunding campaign in an attempt to raise the $150,000 needed to avoid the closure they announced last week. Businessman and philanthropist Jim Kelly has also worked to raise cash pledges to help the orchestra.
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Mother Remembers Late Husband Killed by Son in Bowie
A mother remembers her husband after her 17-year-old son fatally stabbed him while driving in Prince George’s County, Maryland. News4’s Derrick Ward has the story.
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Scientists Feel Chill of Crackdown on Fetal Tissue Research
To save babies from brain-damaging birth defects, University of Pittsburgh scientist Carolyn Coyne studies placentas from fetuses that otherwise would be discarded — and she’s worried this kind of research is headed for the chopping block. The Trump administration is cracking down on fetal tissue research , with new hurdles for government-funded scientists around the country who call the special...
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Trump Halts Fetal Tissue Research by Government Scientists
The Trump administration said Wednesday it is ending medical research by government scientists that uses human fetal tissue, overriding the advice of scientists who say it has led to life-saving medical advances and handing abortion opponents a major victory. The Health and Human Services Department said in a statement that government-funded research by universities that involves fetal tissue can continue...
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Beyond Meat Is Soaring, But There's No Real Evidence Its Products Are Healthier Than Real Meat, Says Former US Agriculture Chief
Talk about mystery meat. As plant-based protein makers like Impossible Foods and the newly public Beyond Meat take the food industry by storm, the question of whether their products are better for consumers than actual meat is still very much open, says former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman. “We can’t really market it … as necessarily better for you, because...
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What to Know Before Taking a DNA Health Test
Home DNA kits can now test for some life-threatening diseases, but they also have limitations. News4’s Doreen Gentzler explains what you should consider before taking one.
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Scientists Seek Ways to Finally Take a Real Measure of Pain
Is the pain stabbing or burning? On a scale from 1 to 10, is it a 6 or an 8? Over and over, 17-year-old Sarah Taylor struggled to make doctors understand her sometimes debilitating levels of pain, first from joint-damaging childhood arthritis and then from fibromyalgia. “It’s really hard when people can’t see how much pain you’re in, because they...
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NIH Unsure What's Causing Paralyzing Illness in Children
Dr. Anthony Fauci from the National Institutes of Health says they are unsure what is causing a mysterious illness that is paralyzing children. Doreen Gentzler reports.
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Little Boy With Rare High-Fever Disease Finding Hope at NIH
Eight-year-old Abram Dotson has a rare disease that regularly spikes his temperature to as high as 106 degrees.