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• The Latest on COVID-19 Boosters – NIH Director's Blog

  More than 180 million Americans, including more than 80 percent of people over age 65, are fully vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19. There’s no question that full vacc…

• COVID-19 – NIH Director's Blog

  Karikó and Weissman discovered how to slightly modify mRNA to avoid an inflammatory response making the mRNA vaccines possible. Credit: Donny Bliss/NIH Last week, biochemist Katalin Karikó and immunol...

• Study Shows Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccines and Boosters – NIH Director's Blog

  As colder temperatures settle in and people spend more time gathered indoors, cases of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses almost certainly will rise. That’s why, along with scheduling your an…

• Encouraging First-in-Human Results for a Promising HIV Vaccine – NIH Director's Blog

  In recent years, we’ve witnessed some truly inspiring progress in vaccine development. That includes the mRNA vaccines that were so critical during the COVID-19 pandemic, the first approved vaccine…

• December 2021 – NIH Director's Blog

  Happy holidays to one and all! As you may have heard, this is my last holiday season as the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—a post that I’ve held for the past 12 years and four mon...

• How COVID-19 Immunity Holds Up Over Time – NIH Director's Blog

  More than 215 million people in the United States are now fully vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19 [1]. More than 40 percent—more than 94 million people—also have roll…