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This Aug. 12, 2014, file photo shows a health care worker walking near a Ebola isolation unit wearing protective gear against the virus at Kenema Government Hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff, File) ** FILE **

U.S. to begin safety testing Ebola vaccine next week

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

Officially licensed Duff Beer from "The Simpsons" will be sold in South America and Europe next year. (Image: 21st Century Fox)

NIH Spent over $480K to text message alcoholics

By Elizabeth Harrington — The Washington Free Beacon

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: VA scandal shows ‘single-payer’ dangers

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Kirk promotes stroke research funding, treatments

Associated Press

Feds agree to pay $307K in NIH lawsuit

By RANDALL CHASE - Associated Press

Dr. Francis Collins (AP Photo)

NIH, drug companies will partner to expedite new medication

By Emily Hoosier - The Washington Times

NIH, drugmakers, foundations partner to find meds

By LINDA A. JOHNSON - Associated Press

Disney Enterprises, Inc. via Associated Press

Under the stars, inside your cars: Drive-in theater leads D.C. area outdoor film screenings

By Emily Cary Special to the Washington Times

** FILE ** A mother chimpanzee relaxes with her baby at Chimp Haven in Keithville, La., on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. The Fish and Wildlife Service says it wants to protect chimpanzees as endangered both in captivity and in the wild, a move that could affect the use of chimps in medical research. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

NIH to slash number of chimps in research

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

America's weight problem is proving a much heftier drag on the economy than previously thought. (Associated Press)

Feds spend $1.5m to study lesbian obesity

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

National Geographic photographs
An African lioness wears a camera around her neck in the exhibit "National Geographic Crittercam: The World Through Animal Eyes." Visitors can press buttons to see clips of the lions and other animals.

Sequester spending: Feds pay $227,000 to study magazine photographs

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Do more women need diabetes care when pregnant?

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

Government spends millions on resort for retired research chimps

By Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

NIH group calls for retiring most research chimps

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

Research chimps may be headed from lab to leisure

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

US govt scientists say retire most research chimps

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

National sanctuary gets 1st chimps from La. lab

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

NIH group: most research chimps to Chimp Haven

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

PRENTICE AND CASEY: Flouting the law barring embryo research

By David Prentice and Samuel B. Casey

NFL player Junior Seau had brain disease CTE

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press