Clinical research centers across the US, including the Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research, are being impacted by the Department of Health and Human Services’ announcement to cancel contracts and withdraw funding for vaccines being developed to combat viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.

A measles outbreak across the US, including Florida, does not appear to be slowing down, and now, researchers at the Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research are speaking out about how it got here and why it continues to spread.

While 22 states have sued the Trump Administration to temporarily block a major policy change by the National Institute of Health, there are questions about what would happen to local medical research programs should a judge allow the policy change to proceed.

Vice President Kamala Harris proposed a plan to increase funding for medical research and the detection of illnesses that disproportionately impact people of color.

The Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research (JCCR) will be hosting a community clothing event to help those who may need new clothes.

It’s being called a major breakthrough for people suffering from fatty liver disease, a potentially fatal condition in which fat grows inside the liver, causing the organ to become damaged and stop working.

Artificial intelligence is used to prevent frequent trips to the emergency room for heart failure, and it’s part of a fairly new study being conducted in Jacksonville to help people who are at risk of dying from the condition.

The Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research has been awarded the opportunity by Pfizer to conduct trials of a bioengineered flu vaccine -- similar to the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research, which helped Pfizer and Moderna conduct trials for their COVID-19 vaccines for adults and older teenagers, is now shifting its attention toward children under the age of 16.

The U.S. on Tuesday recommended a pause in using the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate unusual blood clots that occurred in six women 6 to 13 days after vaccination. Cardiologist Dr. Michael Koren, director of the Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research, has been studying this closely.

The same technology used to help Pfizer and Moderna develop their COVID-19 vaccines could prevent fatal heart attacks, according to doctors at the Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research.

Hundreds of local people have participated in Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax vaccination trials, and the Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research has said they are being well-tolerated in the area. Regardless of variants or brands of vaccine, the center said everyone should get vaccinated. Everywhere ,scientists are working to crank out doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Thursday, Novavax announced their protein-based vaccine has an 89.3% efficacy in UK clinical trials. “Because we know that the vaccines have effectiveness against the new variants.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Now that two vaccines have been approved and are already being distributed, how did Jacksonville turn out in clinical trials to contribute? Hundreds of clinical trials were done in the Jacksonville area, helping approve vaccines for COVID-19. The Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research had over 700 patients for both vaccines. After months of research and clinical trials, News4Jax is told Jacksonville patients responded well. While the Moderna vaccine has only done clinical trials for ages 18 and up, Koren said more studies should be conducted.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A clinical research group based in Jacksonville is doing its part to help scientists develop a reliable COVID-19 vaccine. The Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research was one of only a handful of private research entities awarded COVID-19 vaccine trials. At the center, Dr. Michael Koren and his team are working on two different COVID-19 vaccine studies -- one for pharmaceutical company Pfizer and the other for biotechnology company Moderna. Phase three of Koren and his teams research requires at least 500 volunteers from Jacksonville. They are being exposed to COVID-19 day to day, Koren said.