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Brian Vastag suffers from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS for short. He is part of an NIH study of the disease, which is commonly called chronic fatigue syndrome.

NIH Study Aims To Unravel The Illness Known As 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'

Miriam E. Tucker

Researchers do not know what causes people with the condition now known as ME/CFS to suffer debilitating exhaustion and other symptoms that make many everyday activities all but impossible.

Murray visited the lab Wednesday to discusses the potential impact to research being done there by President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts to the National Institute of Health.

Public Health

With Budget Deadline Looming, Sen. Patty Murray Tours Medical Center Funded By NIH

Bellamy Pailthorp

The Trump administration is proposing an almost 20 percent budget cut to the National Institutes of Health.That’s according to U.S. Senator Patty Murray,…

Lobbyists seeking to influence the 21st Century Cures Act descended on lawmakers.

Legislation That Would Shape FDA And NIH Triggers Lobbying Frenzy

Sydney Lupkin

More than 1,455 lobbyists weighed in on the 21st Century Cures Act in this congressional cycle. Only one health bill since 2011 has garnered more attention.

Pablo Ross of the University of California, Davis, inserts human stem cells into a pig embryo as part of experiments to create chimeric embryos.

Science

NIH Plans To Lift Ban On Research Funds For Part-Human, Part-Animal Embryos

Rob Stein

The National Institutes of Health is proposing to fund experiments that create chimeras of human and animal cells while also imposing restrictions in response to ethical concerns.

The National Institutes of Health says it will create three new leadership positions to oversee the Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md.

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NIH Announces Leadership Shake-Up At Renowned Research Hospital

Geoff Brumfiel

Following a string of safety lapses, the National Institutes of Health is making changes at its Clinical Center, the world's largest research hospital.

The Clinical Center on the campus of the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Md., is an internationally renowned hospital where patients are also research subjects.

Science

NIH Halts Some Research Amid Concerns Over Contamination And Safety

Nell Greenfieldboyce

The National Institutes of Health shut down some clinical trials and two production facilities over concerns that safety rules haven't been followed, but it says no patients appear to have been hurt.