NIH will again participate in the Feds Feed Families summer food drive, now through July 31. Held annually since 2009, the campaign lets federal agencies and staff fight hunger in their communities.

The Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum has initiated “Behind the Mask: Real Stories from NIH Staff About Life During the Covid-19 Pandemic.”

The National Institute of Mental Health released its Strategic Plan for Research. The new plan provides a framework for advancing research priorities that support the institute’s mission.

On June 9, NIH hosted a visit by Brad Smith, Dr. Deborah Birx and Jared Kushner, who toured the Vaccine Research Center and received an update on NIH response to the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Employees at NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Mont., recently received a kudo from a neighbor.

A wild turkey is photographed outside the Blood Bank.

Germ-free modules for the Clinical Center department of transfusion medicine’s Cell Processing Facility were lifted into place on May 5.

NCCIH will hold a virtual lecture by Dr. Helen Burgess on Tuesday, June 30 at 11 a.m., “Lighting Up Our Lives: How Light Influences Our Mental and Physical Health.”

On Monday, June 22, from noon to 3:30 p.m., NINR’s Division of Intramural Research will hold a virtual scientific symposium to mark a milestone anniversary—celebrating 20 years of its Summer Genetics Institute.

As part of the Office of Research on Women’s Health’s trans-NIH role to help ensure that research conducted and supported by NIH appropriately addresses issues regarding women’s health, ORWH publishes Women’s Health in Focus at NIH.