WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for chronic kidney disease research. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of this Limited Competition is to extend the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study by continuing to support Clinical Centers that have previously enrolled and followed study participants. The CRIC Study is a multi-cent more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration announced that it expects to award cooperative agreements for programs to enhance nursing education. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR)- Registered Nurse Training Program (RNTP) is to enhance nursing education and practice to increase the number of nursing students trained in acu more ST