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An image of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria captured with an electron microscope.

Local volunteers are vital to aid distribution efforts in Yemen

Keeping polio at bay and border, one child at a time

Eating slowly is one way to avoid overeating while dining out, a study found.

With the launch of a new clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health, researchers are working to determine whether treating children diagnosed with the most severe form of fatty liver disease with a drug called cysteamine will help improve the liver.

Vitamin D may help prevent hormonal changes that can lead to bone loss among those being treated for HIV with the drug tenofovir, according to the results of a National Institutes of Health network study of adolescents with HIV.

A little sugar can relieve preemies' pain in intensive care.

A rendering of a key protein the simian immunodeficiency virus uses to reproduce.

Children exposed to HIV before birth are at risk for language impairments, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.

Eliminating junk food from a child's diet is usually not enough to effectively treat attention deficit disorders, a paper shows.