NICHDevelopments – October 2024

News NIH report recommends strategies for advancing research on necrotizing enterocolitis A report issued by NIH provides 17 recommendations improving the scientific evidence around necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a gastrointestinal disease that is one of the leading...

News from the NIH ECHO Program: The ECHO Connector

News and Research Findings from Across the ECHO Program Welcome to the ECHO Connector! The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program is a research program in the Office of the Director at the NIH with the mission to enhance the health of...

Striving for a Healthy and Safe Return to School

NICHD Director’s Corner September 2024 The beginning of the school year often necessitates schedule changes, especially when sleep is concerned. Bedtimes may drift later during summer because of the longer days and warmer nights. But children need adequate...

Input Needed on NIH Reform

On August 7, the Presidents of PAA and APC sent comments to the Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) in response to a document that the Committee recently released, “Reforming the National Institutes of Health...