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    Adopting Healthier Habits in the New Year?

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    Women in Science

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    Seasonal Affective Disorder

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In the News

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Early Alzheimer’s Detection

A blood test may be able to find a disease marker years before symptoms appear.

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Pollution and Asthma

Outdoor pollutants linked to increase in childhood asthma attacks.

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Hydration and Aging

Well-hydrated adults appear to live healthier lives.

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MIS-C and Vaccination

COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children who had MIS-C.

NIH at a Glance

Who We Are

NIH is the nation’s medical research agency, supporting scientific studies that turn discovery into health.

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Portrait of Dr. Lawrence Tabak

The NIH Director

Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.?is performing the duties of the?NIH Director and provides leadership for the 27 institutes and centers that make up the NIH.

Funding for Research

NIH is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs.

Labs at NIH

Scientists conduct research on NIH campuses across the U.S., as part of our Intramural Research Program.

Training at NIH

NIH provides training opportunities internally, as well as at universities and other institutions across the U.S.

Jobs at NIH

The central recruitment point of access to all NIH jobs and training opportunities

COVID-19

ACTIV

A public-private partnership to develop a coordinated research strategy to speed the most promising COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.

Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx)

An initiative to speed innovation in the development, commercialization, and implementation of technologies for COVID-19 testing.

RECOVER

A new research initiative to understand, prevent, and treat the long-term effects of COVID-19.

COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

Guidelines from NIH for the diagnosis, treatment, and control of COVID-19.

Research information from NIH

NIH supports research in COVID-19 testing, treatments, and vaccines. También disponible en espa?ol.

NIH staff guidance on coronavirus NIH Only

Guidance to NIH staff, including employees, contractors, trainees, and volunteers, related to COVID-19.

Featured Resources & Initiatives

ARPA-H

A new science agency proposed by President Joseph Biden as part of NIH to drive biomedical breakthroughs and provide transformative solutions for all patients.

Anti-Sexual Harassment

NIH does not tolerate pervasive or severe harassment of any kind, including sexual harassment.

Ending Structural Racism

Learn more about NIH’s efforts to end structural racism in biomedical research through the UNITE initiative.

All of Us Research Program

A research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease.

NIH HEAL Initiative

Trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid crisis.

Clinical Trials

Learn about participating in clinical trials and where to find them.

Accelerating Medicines Partnership

A bold venture to help identify new treatments and cures for diseases.

Impact of NIH Research

NIH-supported research has had a major positive impact on nearly all of our lives.

Medical Research Initiatives

Important initiatives aimed at improving medical research.

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