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April 9: Macular Degeneration and Low Vision Expo

April 05, 2016

MEDIA ALERT: Macular Degeneration and Low Vision Expo Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of new adult blindness in the U.S. WHEN: Saturday, April 9, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Registration requested; see details below.) WHERE: ...

National Window Safety Week: Keep kids safe from window falls

April 04, 2016

According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, 3,300 children younger than 6 fall from windows each year. Approximately eight of these falls will result in death. In support of National Window Safety Week -- April 3 to 9 -- the Tom ...

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Ontario Institute for Cancer Research join Collaborative Cancer Cloud

March 31, 2016

Two leading cancer centers join effort to securely share genomic, imaging and clinical data to better understand the root causes of cancer and accelerate potentially lifesaving discoveries.

Oregon’s new birth control law increases access, but more still to be done

March 28, 2016

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University, University of Minnesota School of Public Health and George Mason University applaud Oregon’s new birth control law which allows women age 18 or older to obtain some methods of hormonal contraception ...

Estudio revela que las vacunas antitetánicas se pueden aplicar cada 30 años, no 10

March 22, 2016

Modificar el calendario de vacunación de adultos podría ahorrar millones en costos de atención médica.

Study shows tetanus shots needed every 30 years, not every 10

March 22, 2016

A revised adult vaccination schedule could save millions in health care costs.

Giving antibodies to infant macaques exposed to an HIV-like virus could clear the infection

March 21, 2016

Scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center today revealed that infant rhesus macaques treated with antibodies within 24 hours of being exposed to SHIV, a chimeric simian virus that bears the HIV envelope protein, were completely cleared ...