Author: Board on Health Sciences Policy

During public health emergencies such as pandemic influenza outbreaks or terrorist attacks, effective vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and other medic...

Despite the many basic research discoveries in genetics, relatively few gene-based treatments, drugs, or preventative measures have been developed....

The process of discovering and developing a new drug or therapy is extremely costly and time consuming, and recently, it has been estimated that th...

Countering violent extremism consists of various prevention and intervention approaches to increase the resilience of communities and individuals t...

Caffeine in Food and Dietary Supplements is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine in August 2013 to review the available ...

Accessible and affordable housing can enable community living, maximize independence, and promote health for vulnerable populations. However, the U...

One of the largest treatment gaps for mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders in the world can be seen in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)....

Both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have responsibilities for evaluat...

This is the fourth in a series of five letter reports that provide an independent review of the more than 30 evidence reports that NASA has compile...

Large catastrophic events, or rare acute events, may cause situations in which a local jurisdiction's medicines and medical supplies are not suffic...

In 2010 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended a framework for the evaluation of biomarkers in the chronic disease setting. Published in the b...

In December 2019, new cases of severe pneumonia were first detected in Wuhan, China, and the cause was determined to be a novel beta coronavirus re...

In 2009 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) began to assess the need for better-defined medical and public health crisis standards of care (CSC) for ca...

On November 18 and 19, 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a public workshop in Washington, DC, titled Shari...

In the wake of a large-scale disaster, from the initial devastation through the long tail of recovery, protecting the health and well-being of the ...

Cardiac arrest can strike a seemingly healthy individual of any age, race, ethnicity, or gender at any time in any location, often without warning....

In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the societal disruption it has brought, national governments and the internatio...

Research and innovation in the life sciences is driving rapid growth in agriculture, biomedical science, information science and computing, energy,...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved dozens of hormone therapy products for men and women, including estrogen, progesterone, te...

For many years, laboratory dogs have served as important animal models for biomedical research that has advanced human health. Conducted at the req...

Millions of people are living with dementia in the United States and globally. To live well with dementia, people need care, services, and supports...