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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 21-Jan-2026 00:11 ET (21-Jan-2026 05:11 GMT/UTC)

University of Houston professor awarded $3.9 million to fight deadly parasites that threaten children and immunocompromised adults

University of Houston
Grant and Award Announcement

A University of Houston professor has received nearly $4 million from the NIH to lead a translational effort turning enzyme-targeting science into urgently needed treatments for Cryptosporidium infections – which are caused by a life-threatening pathogen and have no existing cure.

Patient-physician messaging by race, ethnicity, insurance type, and preferred language

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cross-sectional study of primary care patients in a single health system, there were significant disparities in the responsiveness of primary care teams to asynchronous patient-portal messages by race and ethnicity, insurance type, and language. These were partially attributable to slower response times at practices that treat underserved patients.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Unrecognized motor difficulties and developmental coordination disorder in preschool children

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: This cross-sectional study aligns with the reported prevalence of developmental coordination disorder and reinforces concerns about under-recognition. None of the parents of children with substantial motor difficulties reported awareness, underscoring the value of structured, objective screening. Unlike earlier studies that focused on older children, this study offers a systematic, scalable approach for early identification in preschoolers that supports timely referral to clinicians for formal diagnosis.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Don’t look away: Study shows teenage girls who avoid potentially negative feedback prone to higher anxiety

University of Kansas
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Teenage girls who refrained from looking at a source of potentially negative feedback as they gave speeches reported the most anxiety three years later

Journal: Journal of Anxiety Disorders

New AI tools help scientists track how diseases start

University of Texas at Arlington
Grant and Award Announcement

Artificial intelligence can solve problems at remarkable speed, but it’s the people developing the algorithms who are truly driving discovery. At The University of Texas at Arlington, data scientists are creating sophisticated formulas that enable AI to interpret massive biological datasets to uncover how diseases start, how the immune system responds, and what treatments might work best.

Relentless faith and dedication culminate in the Nobel Prize

The University of Osaka
Grant and Award Announcement

2025 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Professor Shimon Sakaguchi at the Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka delivered his message on 6 October 2025.2025 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Professor Shimon Sakaguchi at the Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka delivered his message on 6 October 2025.

Protecting public health: Rice’s Stadler honored by The Water Research Foundation

Rice University
Grant and Award Announcement

The Water Research Foundation (WRF) recently presented Lauren Stadler, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University, with the 2025 Paul L. Busch Award at the Water Environment Federation’s Technical Exhibition and Conference in Chicago. With this $100,000 research prize, Stadler plans to advance wastewater monitoring through the investigation of real-time biosensors that utilize synthetic biology.