Neuro Transmissions
UCSD Scientists Explain How They Spend NIH Funds
President Trumpês proposed budget will cut $7 billion in NIH funding - over 20% of the total NIH budget. You might be wondering, where does that NIH money get spent? This week, we interviewed some UCSD Neuroscientists to tell you about...
Neuro Transmissions
How the NIH Funds American Science
President Trumpês proposed budget will cut $7 billion in NIH funding - over 20% of the total NIH budget. You might be wondering, where does NIH money go? This week, we heard from scientists across the country about their NIH funded...
Healthcare Triage
Women and Minorities Get Fewer NIH Research Grants
The peer review process for awarding NIH grants has some problems. Less money is being awarded, and the buying power of the NIH has declined. What's going on with the peer review system?
Curated Video
How Hearing Works - Journey of Sound to the Brain
How do we hear? How does sound get transferred from the ear all the way to the brain? In this video, I go into all the juicy details. Listen up and have fun.
Neuro Transmissions
What Are Overhead Payments?
The administration has proposed a cut of nearly $6 billion to the NIH budget in 2018. They say that no research will be directly affected because the NIH budget will trim inefficient, "wasteful" overhead payments. But what are those...
Curated Video
Push to better understand the long-term harms of opioid use
Canada's opioid crisis is prompting calls for more research into the long-term harms of opioid abuse in order to better equip the health-care system and help people recover and heal.
Curated Video
More research needed on health of long-term opioid users, medical experts say
People who have used opioids long-term suffer from an array of complications that require extra medical care. But that same present or even past drug use can limit the types of treatments available. Many doctors say study is needed on...
Curated Video
NIH Director: U.S. Could Soon See 200K New COVID Cases a Day
NIH Director Francis Collins issued a stark warning, predicting that the U.S. will soon see 200,000 COVID-19 cases per day — a level not seen since last winter. It comes amid a rise in cases fueled by the highly contagious delta variant....
Curated Video
Antiviral drug remdesivir shows promise as COVID-19 treatment
The antiviral drug remdesivir is showing promise as a COVID-19 treatment in early U.S. clinical trials, though other research hasn’t seen as much success.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Ebola concerns continue as sick nurse leaves Texas hospital
CLEAN : Ebola concerns continue as sick nurse leaves Texas hospital
Curated Video
Brain Injuries From Combat Get New Attention After Missile Attack
More than 400,000 service members suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan. Most returned to duty. Many will have enduring symptoms.
Curated Video
How Long COVID Is Affecting Millions Of Americans' Wallets
One study found that more than half of U.S. adults who got COVID or lost income during the pandemic struggle with medical debt.
Curated Video
Could Artificial Intelligence Help Patients With Schizophrenia?
An app that uses artificial intelligence to measure thinking and speech patterns could help patients with schizophrenia.
Curated Video
Possible Coronavirus Treatments Include Cloned Antibodies, Vaccines
While the CDC says risk to Americans is still low, U.S. researchers and scientists are hard at work exploring possible treatments for coronavirus.
Curated Video
NIH Says Experimental HIV Vaccine Has Been Found Ineffective
An interim review of a clinical trial in South Africa showed the vaccine had virtually no impact on infection rates.
Curated Video
NIH Says Experimental HIV Vaccine Has Been Found Ineffective
An interim review of a clinical trial in South Africa showed the vaccine had virtually no impact on infection rates.
Curated Video
Largest COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Underway
This week, researchers began testing 30,000 test subjects in the NIH’s and drugmaker Moderna’s Phase 3 clinical trials on a virus vaccine.
Curated Video
Therapeutic Drug Could Help Keep COVID-19 Patients Off Ventilators
AT-100 could help keep COVID-19 patients from going into respiratory distress and off of ventilators.
Curated Video
How $25M Can Improve What We Know About Gun Violence
Lawmakers approved $25 million for the CDC and the NIH. It's the first time Congress has authorized funding for gun violence research in decades.
Bloomberg
Trump Says Americans Should Only Gather in Groups of 10 or Less
Mar.16 -- President Donald Trump unveils new guidelines issued to fight the coronavirus. He speaks at the White House.
Bloomberg
AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial Halted After Spinal-Cord Issue
Sep.09 -- National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins says AstraZeneca Plc’s closely watched Covid-19 vaccine trial had been halted due to a "spinal cord problem." He speaks at a congressional hearing . (Excerpt)
Curated Video
Clinical Trial For Coronavirus Vaccine Will Begin Monday
An anonymous government official told the Associated Press the trial's first participant will receive an experimental dose of the vaccine Monday.
Curated Video
Study: Coronavirus Can Remain Viable On Some Surfaces For Days
It can remain viable anywhere from three hours in the air to up to three days on plastic and stainless steel surfaces.
Curated Video
Trial Finds Remdesivir As Beneficial COVID-19 Drug, NIH Says
The NIH says the drug cut the recovery time of patients by four days when compared to patients receiving a placebo