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In this photo provided by the Carrie Stevenson, her daughter Estelle holds a bag of peanut snacks in her pediatrician’s office at age 9 months, in Columbus, Ohio. Most babies should start eating peanut-containing foods well before their first birthday, say guidelines released Thursday that aim to protect high-risk tots and other youngsters, too, from developing the dangerous food allergy. The new guidelines from the National Institutes of Health mark a shift in dietary advice, based on landmark research that found early exposure dramatically lowers a baby's chances of becoming allergic. (Carrie Stevenson via AP)

Peanuts in baby’s diet can prevent allergy

By Lauran Neergaard - Associated Press

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen in a mosquito cage at a laboratory in Cucuta, Colombia, on Feb. 11, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

NIH starts human trial for Zika vaccine

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. speaks in Trenton, N.J., on June 10, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

NFL sought to influence study on brain injuries, report finds

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

This Dec. 29, 2009, file photo shows a Big Mac sandwich in front of a drink at McDonald's in North Huntingdon, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Golden Hammer: NIH spends $1.7M to train immigrants in health habits

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

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Golden Hammer: $150 million spent on tests that torture animals, don’t help humans

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

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Golden Hammer: Feds spending millions on racially targeted obesity studies

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

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Golden Hammer: Government spent $800,000 studying dating prospects for obese teenage girls

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

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Golden Hammer: Feds spent $2 million to have wives nag men about chewing tobacco

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

People display a representation of the Liberian flag as they celebrate Liberia being an Ebola free nation in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, May 11, 2015. Liberians are gathering in the streets of the capital to celebrate the end of the Ebola epidemic in this West African country. Monday's festivities come after the World Health Organization declared over the weekend that Liberia was finally Ebola-free. (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh)

NIH teams with Liberia for study of Ebola survivors

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Demonstrators stand in front of a rainbow flag of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. The Supreme Court is set to hear historic arguments in cases that could make same-sex marriage the law of the land. The justices are meeting Tuesday to offer the first public indication of where they stand in the dispute over whether states can continue defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, or whether the Constitution gives gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

GOLDEN HAMMER: NIH funded gay smoking study with taxpayers’ money

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A health worker sprays disinfectant onto a college after they worked with the body of a man, suspected of contracting and dying form the Ebola virus on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh) ** FILE **

Ebola patient from Sierra Leone arrives in the U.S. for treatment

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In a 2012 file photo, a doctor demonstrates how an infant can die due to unsafe sleeping practices using a scene re-enactment doll in Norfolk, Va. Too many U.S. infants still sleep with blankets or other unsafe bedding, according to a study that was published this month in Pediatrics. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley, File)

Over half of U.S. infants sleep with unsafe bedding

By Kelsey Clark - Deseret News

Nurse Nina Pham, who contracted Ebola after treating a Liberian man, has been upgraded from "fair" to "good" by her caretakers at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. (AP Photo/Texas Health Resources, Dr. Gary Weinstein)

Dallas nurse with Ebola’s condition upgraded

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Registered nurse Keene Roadman stands fully dressed in personal protective equipment during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines Monday for how health workers should gear up to treat Ebola patients. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) — FILE

Ebola vaccine abandoned in 2008 after showing promise in trials

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on U. S. Ebola preparedness by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

BURR: Making Ebola preparedness a priority

By Richard Burr and Tom Coburn

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks to supporters Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, during Rand Paul's Barnburner & BBQ in Bowling Green, Ky. (AP Photo/Daily News, Bac To Trong)

Rand Paul: NIH wasteful spending, not budget cuts, hurt Ebola research

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Stop muddying the Ebola issue

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2014 file photo shows Daniel Bennett quarantined in an isolation unit at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., during research for a better flu vaccine. The NIH is preparing to care for an American doctor who was exposed to the Ebola virus while volunteering in Sierra Leone. As early as Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, the physician is expected to be admitted to the same special isolation unit at NIH's hospital out of what the agency called &quot;an abundance of caution,&quot; for observation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

U.S. doctor exposed to Ebola virus admitted to NIH

By Lauran Neergaard - Associated Press

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Golden Hammer: Feds spend millions to study drunken monkeys, pilots and students

By Drew Johnson - The Washington Times