HHS Announces Programs to Join President Biden ’s Justice40 Initiative
President Biden is committed to securing environmental justice and spurring economic opportunity for disadvantaged communities that are marginalized and overburdened by pollution and underinvestment in housing, transportation, water and wastewater infrastructure, and health care. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - June 24, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
NIH Statement on World Asthma Day 2022: Toward Improved Asthma Care
Today on World Asthma Day, the National Institutes of Health reaffirms its commitment to biomedical research aimed at preventing the onset of asthma, understanding its underlying causes, and improving the treatment of it. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - May 3, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
NC State ’s Jane Hoppin Wins Holshouser Award
For her work examining the impact of environmental exposures on human health, Hoppin is one of two UNC System employees to be honored. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - February 25, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
UMass Amherst Researcher Wins $3 Million ‘Outstanding New Environmental Scientist’ Award
A University of Massachusetts Amherst epidemiologist has received a five-year, $3 million Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in his ongoing effort to discover more about the origins and risk factors of autism. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - February 14, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Eight Substances Added to 15th Report on Carcinogens
A chronic bacterial infection, a flame retardant, and six water disinfection byproducts are listed in a new HHS cancer report. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - December 21, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Eight Substances Added to 15th Report on Carcinogens
Eight substances have been added to the Report on Carcinogens, bringing the total list to 256 substances that are known, or reasonably anticipated, to cause cancer in humans. This is the 15th Report on Carcinogens, which is a cumulative report, mandated by Congress and prepared by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) for the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The relea... (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - December 21, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Researchers Target a Mouse ’s Own Cells, Rather Than Using Antibiotics, to Treat Pneumonia
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a therapy that targets host cells rather than bacterial cells in treating bacterial pneumonia in rodents. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - November 15, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Male Hormones Regulate Stomach Inflammation in Mice
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health determined that stomach inflammation is regulated differently in male and female mice after finding that androgens, or male sex hormones, play a critical role in preventing inflammation in the stomach. The finding suggests that physicians could consider treating male patients with stomach inflammation differently than female patients with the same condition. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - May 14, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
NIH Statement on World Asthma Day 2021
Asthma can reduce quality of life, contributes to considerable emotional and financial stress, and is a major contributing factor to missed time from school and work. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - May 5, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
NIEHS Earns WELL Building Rating Amid Pandemic
On March 30, 2021, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) became the first federal agency to achieve the International WELL Building Institute ’s Health-Safety Rating. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - April 12, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
