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There's widespread confusion and fear among scientists and doctors on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus and at institutions dependent on the agency's funding.

including the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prior to the hearings, Kennedy had suggested taking an eight-year break from researching infectious ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act in Illinois, which ...

The historical record shows that the battle to prevent and find cures for infectious disease will lead to a lower incidence of chronic, disabling diseases. At the same time, efforts to find ...

SPRINGFIELD — Fourth and eighth grade students in Illinois ... is managed by the National Center for Education Statistics, within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health says the state's overall respiratory illness level has moved from Moderate to High.

Josh Bandoch, Ph.D., is head of policy at the Illinois Policy Institute. The views and opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Chicago Sun ...

In an increasingly interconnected world, global health faces constant threats from new and re-emerging pathogens. Recent devastating outbreaks of diseases ...

In this review, the implications of survival and dispersal mechanisms are discussed in the context of both the natural environment and infectious diseases. Biofilms — matrix-enclosed microbial ...

The flock contains multiple species, the release said. Bird flu is a viral disease that affects both wild and domestic bird populations. It can travel in wild birds without those birds appearing ...