million over five years

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is planning to spend about $600 million over five years to educate the public about the dangers of tobacco use.

Declines in U.S. smoking rates have stalled in recent years....

(Immunization Action Coalition) The Immunization Action Coalition, one of the nation's premier sources of immunization information, and the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are entering into a cooperative agreement that will distribute IAC's highly regarded publications to pediatricians, family physicians, and other healthcare professionals involved in providing immunization services.

The award is for $1.4 million over five years.

(University of Colorado Denver) When caught in its early stages, prostate cancer is treatable in most cases. But once it reaches a critical threshold, the disease becomes largely resistant to current treatments.

The National Cancer Institute recently awarded a team of cancer biologists $9.55 million over five years to define the molecular changes that occur as prostate cancer progresses to the therapy-resistant state.

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) UT Southwestern Medical Center is among 10 institutions selected by the National Institutes of Health to share $56 million over five years as part of the Inner City Asthma Consortium.