ODS Newsletters

The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) offers free newsletters:

  • ODS Update: News about ODS programs, staff publications and presentations, fact sheets, databases, and meetings
  • The Scoop: Consumer-focused information about dietary supplements
  • Special Supplement: Announcements from ODS

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Special Supplement - January 17, 2023
PDF January 17, 2023 — Joseph M. Betz, Ph.D., ODS Acting Director, Retires
The Scoop - December 2022
PDF December 20, 2022 — Got Zinc? Essential Facts About This Important Nutrient
ODS Update - December 2022
PDF December 13, 2022 — ODS grants program and research support, NIH CARBON program meeting, ODS seminar series, NIH Botanical Research Expert Panel Executive Summary, and more.
ODS Update - Fall 2022
PDF September 19, 2022 — ODS seminar series; White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health; new videocasts; new/revised fact sheets; and more
The Scoop – Fall 2022
PDF September 7, 2022 — What’s the scoop? Questions and answers about dietary supplements
Special Supplement - July 28, 2022
PDF July 28, 2022 — ODS Invites Public Comment on Strategic Plan Draft
Special Supplement - June 7, 2022
PDF June 7, 2022 — New Multivitamin Reference Material Issued
ODS Update - Spring 2022
PDF April 5, 2022 — News You Can Use, Annual Report, Iodine Database, Workshops and Seminars, and more
Special Supplement - March 23, 2022
PDF March 23, 2022 — Registration Now Open: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Research Practicum, May 23–25, 2022
ODS Update - Winter 2022
PDF February 8, 2022 — ODS Staff News, ODS Seminar Series, Resilience Seminar Series, New/Revised Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets, and more
The Scoop - Winter 2022
PDF February 3, 2022 — Multivitamins—do you need one? And which one should you choose?
Special Supplement - January 11, 2022
PDF January 11, 2022 — The Trans-NIH Resilience Working Group Winter Webinar
Special Supplement - November 5, 2021
PDF November 5, 2021 — ODS 25th Anniversary Scientific Symposium Video Recordings Now Available
ODS Update - Fall 2021
PDF October 12, 2021 — Register for the ODS 25th Anniversary Symposium, DSLD Redesign, New Reference Materials for Vitamin D Research, and more
Special Supplement - August 18, 2021
PDF August 18, 2021 — Registration Open: ODS 25th Anniversary Scientific Symposium, October 25–26, 2021
Special Supplement - August 11, 2021
PDF August 11, 2021 — Workshop on Bioactive Ingredients in Infant Formula
The Scoop - Summer 2021
PDF July 20, 2021 — Vitamin B12—Got questions? We’ve got answers
ODS Update - Summer 2021
PDF July 7, 2021 — Videocasts Available On Demand, 2020 ODS Annual Report, ODS’s 25th Anniversary Symposium, and more
Special Supplement - May 20, 2021
PDF May 20, 2021 — Dietary Supplements in the Time of COVID-19
Special Supplement - May 7, 2021
PDF May 7, 2021 — Trans-NIH Resilience Working Group Inaugural Webinar: Designing Resilience Research in the Context of Military Stress