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The percent of NIH prevention research projects focusing on the leading risk factors for death compared to the percent of deaths attributable to those same risk factors in the United States.

Particles of Lassa virus Josiah strain (round) shown budding from cells (University of Texas Medical Branch)

Omid, ten months malnourished child suffering from pneumonia is treated in Mofleh Pediatric Hospital in the province of Herat province, west of Afghanistan on January 29, 2019.

An Indian dance is performed at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.

A new imaging technique to track maternal blood flow to the placenta has the potential to help diagnose several common complications in early pregnancy, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. Researchers used the technique, referred to as pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging (pCASL MRI), to identify women with reduced placental blood flow who later developed one or more complications.

Child reading a book with one eye covered.

Unprecedented biomedical research advances over the past four decades have led to development of “toolkits” of highly effective interventions for preventing and treating HIV.

With the alarmingly high rates of self-harm, suicide and anxiety among children and young people around the world, UNICEF and the World Health Organization are teaming up with some of the world’s leading minds to tackle this growing threat.

A new analysis suggests that teens prefer mint and mango as their vaping flavors of choice for e-cigarettes. Previous research showed that teens were attracted to nicotine vaping by the candy and fruit-flavored products offered by manufacturers. Products and trends are quickly evolving, and estimates of the specific e-cigarette flavors teens use are lacking; therefore, scientists wanted to find out which flavors are now preferred by teens.