ACTIV Update: Making Major Strides in COVID-19 Therapeutic Development
Credit: NIH Right now, many U.S. hospitals are stretched to the limit trying to help people battling serious cases of COVID-19. But as traumatic as this experience still is for patients and their...
View ArticleSouth Africa Study Shows Power of Genomic Surveillance Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Credit: iStock/Thomas Faull Considerable research is underway around the world to monitor the spread of new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. That includes the variant...
View ArticleIs One Vaccine Dose Enough After COVID-19 Infection?
Credit: iStock/Bill Oxford For the millions of Americans now eligible to receive the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, it’s recommended that everyone get two shots. The first dose of these mRNA...
View ArticleAntibody Response Affects COVID-19 Outcomes in Kids and Adults
Credit: SDI Productions Doctors can’t reliably predict whether an adult newly diagnosed with COVID-19 will recover quickly or battle life-threatening complications. The same is true for children....
View ArticleIsraeli Study Offers First Real-World Glimpse of COVID-19 Vaccines in Action
Credit: Getty Images/Hispanolistic There are many reasons to be excited about the three COVID-19 vaccines that are now getting into arms across the United States. At the top of the list is their...
View ArticleCRISPR-Based Anti-Viral Therapy Could One Day Foil the Flu—and COVID-19
CRISPR gene-editing technology has tremendous potential for making non-heritable DNA changes that can treat or even cure a wide range of devastating disorders, from HIV to muscular dystrophy Now, a...
View ArticleBuilding Vaccine Confidence at the Washington National Cathedral
The Washington National Cathedral recently hosted a special event to encourage all people, especially those of faith, to get vaccinated to protect themselves and their communities from COVID-19. As...
View ArticleFirst Anniversary of NIH’s COVID-19 Testing Car Line
I joined approximately 80 volunteers to mark the one-year anniversary of NIH’s COVID-19 Testing Car Line. The event was held at NIH’s Gateway entrance on March 17. Pictured here with me are some of...
View ArticlePredicting ‘Long COVID Syndrome’ with Help of a Smartphone App
Credit: Zoe Global As devastating as this pandemic has been, it’s truly inspiring to see the many innovative ways in which researchers around the world have enlisted the help of everyday citizens to...
View ArticleInfections with ‘U.K Variant’ B.1.1.7 Have Greater Risk of Mortality
Since the genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, was first reported in January 2020, thousands of variants have been reported. In the vast majority of cases, these...
View ArticleSharing Message of Hope on CBS Sunday Morning
For Easter Sunday, I shared a message of hope with viewers of CBS Sunday Morning. My message: We are at a “love your neighbor” moment with the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when Americans can get...
View ArticleNew Initiative Puts At-Home Testing to Work in the Fight Against COVID-19
Credit: nito/Shutterstock Thankfully COVID-19 testing is now more widely available than it was earlier in the pandemic. But getting tested often still involves going to a doctor’s office or community...
View ArticleLessons Learned About Substance Use Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Every spring, I and my colleague Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), join with leaders across the country in the Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit. Our role is to...
View ArticleHere Comes the Sun
On April 8, I sent a coronavirus update to NIH staff titled “Gratitude for All You Do.” The update included a link to this video, and these words:No one will deny that this last year has been a...
View ArticleMapping Severe COVID-19 in the Lungs at Single-Cell Resolution
Caption: Image shows macrophages (red), fibroblast cells (green), and other cells (blue). In late COVID-19, macrophages migrate near fibroblasts, which may play a role in fibrosis. Credit: Images...
View ArticleLearning from History: Fauci Donates Model to Smithsonian’s COVID-19 Collection
Not too long after the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reached the United States, museum curators began collecting material to document the history of this devastating public...
View ArticleBuilding Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines
It was my pleasure to be a panelist during a recent virtual forum titled “Building Vaccine Confidence: Best Practices to Combat Misinformation and Vaccine Hesitancy in COVID-19 Vaccines.” The forum...
View ArticleStudy Finds 1 in 10 Healthcare Workers with Mild COVID Have Lasting Symptoms
Credit: Getty Images It’s become increasingly clear that even healthy people with mild cases of COVID-19 can battle a constellation of symptoms that worsen over time—or which sometimes disappear only...
View ArticleInfections with ‘U.K. Variant’ B.1.1.7 Have Greater Risk of Mortality
Since the genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, was first reported in January 2020, thousands of variants have been reported. In the vast majority of cases, these...
View ArticleStudy Demonstrates Saliva Can Spread Novel Coronavirus
Caption: SARS-CoV-2 (pink) and its preferred human receptor ACE2 (white) were found in human salivary gland cells (outlined in green). Credit: Paola Perez, Warner Lab, National Institute of Dental and...
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