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The 1918 Flu and COVID-19: A Tale of Two Pandemics

Anthony Fauci and Jeffery Taubenberger Launch Demystifying Medicine’s 2021 Season

BY EIMEAR HOLTON, NIAID

The COVID-19 pandemic is not our first rodeo with battling a deadly virus, and it likely won’t be our last. As we continue to process the past year, the juxtaposition of the COVID-19 pandemic and the influenza pandemic of 1918 puts today’s challenges into perspective. Two prominent NIH scientists shared their perspectives (virtually): NIAID Director Anthony Fauci and Jeffery Taubenberger, chief of NIAID’s Viral Pathogenesis and Evolution Section.

Introducing NIH’s Newest Lasker Scholars

Program Gives Boost to Early–stage Investigators

BY BRANDON LEVY, OD

Congratulations to the six investigators who recently joined the ranks of the Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program, NIH’s collaborative effort with the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation to nurture the next generation of clinical researchers: Yogen Kanthi (NHLBI), Jacqueline Mays (NIDCR), Ian Myles (NIAID), Stephanie Chung (NIDDK), Derek Narendra (NINDS, pictured), and Alison Boyce (NIDCR).

Stadtman Investigators Pursuing Their Passion for Science

Trans-NIH Recruitment Attracts a Diversity of Researchers

BY LAURA STEPHENSON CARTER

“Being a scientist at NIH is one of the greatest jobs you can dream of,” said Eric Calvo, a Stadtman Investigator in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and one of 18 investigators in the 2017-2018 class of Stadtman recruits. Meet all 18 of these Stadtmans in this article. (Pictured: Faustine Williams, Ph.D., NIMHD.)

Fueling the Next Genomic Revolution

WALS Panel Discussion Highlights Achievements in Genomics

BY NATALIE HAGEN, NCATS

NIH celebrated three special anniversaries at a Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS) special event on January 13, 2021: the 25th-year anniversary of the first complete bacterial genome; the 20th anniversary of the publication of the human genome; and the 15th anniversary of the first human metagenome (of microbial communities).

COVID-19 Timeline at NIH (JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2021)

COVID-19 Research and Activities at NIH

Highlights of the COVID-19-related activities that were going on at NIH in January and February 2021.