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Blue skeleton of a tick on a black background

July 8, 2022

  • Tabak portrait

    ACD Addresses Research’s Complex Current Climate

    By Carla Garnett

    As the advisory committee to the NIH director met virtually June 9-10, NIH acting director Dr. Lawrence Tabak said two things keep him awake at night: NIH resources concentrated in fewer and fewer institutions and misinformation in and about science. Those topics joined a 2-day agenda packed with pressing concerns.
  • Dr. Charles Limb

    Making Music Enjoyable for Cochlear Implant Users

    By Amber Snyder

    Cochlear implants are good at helping those with hearing loss perceive speech, but the devices are not so good at conveying the complexity of pitches found in music, said Dr. Charles Limb. In a recent lecture, he explored why implant users often have trouble enjoying music.
  • Dr. Chertow portrait

    Pathology Studies Reveal SARS-CoV-2 Present Throughout the Body

    By Eric Bock

    The virus that causes Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, is capable of replicating in multiple tissues across the body, said Dr. Daniel Chertow during a recent Covid-19 scientific interest group lecture. “SARS-CoV-2 is widely disseminated across the human body and brain early in infection,” he said.
  • Edwards in pink NIH shirt talks into microphone as dozens of hikers stand in front of building 1 waiting for hike to begin.

    Hundreds Hike for Exercise, Much-Missed Camaraderie

    By Dana Talesnik

    Hundreds of NIH'ers descended on the Bldg. 1 lawn on June 16 for the 14th NIH Take a Hike Day. Runners and walkers were excited to see, or meet for the first time, colleagues they hadn’t seen in person since the pandemic began.
Blue skeleton of a tick on a black background

On the Cover

Chitin exoskeleton of a female Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) collected on Goat Mountain in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. These ticks are vectors for many diseases including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, and tuleremia, and can produce a salivary neurotoxin that causes tick paralysis.

Adam Nock, Jacqueline Leung, Elizabeth Fischer & Ted Hackstadt (Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID)

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