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Roughly 53 million people in the U.S. provide care to a family member such as a child with complex medical needs, an aging ...

Declining seat space for passengers on commercial airplanes, coupled with the growing prevalence of larger passengers in the ...

Please join the National Academies for a webinar on July 15 th from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET to explore its new report and how ...

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines the ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are the nation's pre-eminent source of high-quality, objective advice on science, engineering, and health matters. Top experts participate ...

Project scientists and others gathered at the National Academy of Sciences building to see the first images from the new Vera ...

A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and host a 1.5-day public workshop that will examine the current and potential future uses of ...

A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and host a 1.5-day public workshop that will examine opportunities to advance the conduct of ...

We are concerned about recent decisions by the U.S. secretary of health and human services that could undermine science-based decision-making about vaccines, including the dismissal of every member of ...

By Sara Frueh Over the past three years, bird flu — caused by the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus — has extended its reach around the U.S. and across many species. The virus arrived in wild birds, but ...