NIH Record - National Institutes of Health
An African American man sits with rolled-up sleeve as a nurse in a white lab coat injects a needle into his arm at the Clinical Center.

April 30, 2021

  • Dr. John Beigel

    NIAID Researcher Discusses Outcomes of Covid Antiviral Studies

    By Dana Talesnik

    NIAID's Dr. John Beigel has led the team implementing the Adaptive Covid-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT), the first large U.S. Covid-19 study launched after the first U.S. patients were identified. He and his colleagues continue testing several therapeutics toward finding better treatments.

  • Pediatrician Who Uncovered Flint Water Crisis Recounts Experience

    By Eric Bock

    In the summer of 2015, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha was drinking a glass of wine with a high school friend in Flint, Mich. Her pal, a drinking water expert, told her the tap water in Flint wasn’t treated properly and probably contained lead. “When I heard about lead, my life changed,” she recounted. “I became really consumed with what was happening with my Flint kids and how to best protect them.”
  • Nick Morgan

    Morgan Divulges How to Communicate Better Online

    By Dana Talesnik

    Weary of Zoom meetings? Communication coach Nick Morgan explains why they're fatiguing and what you can do to make your intentions understood and improve camaraderie in the virtual world.
  • Collins speaks from his office and Rubins speaks in a microgravity environment, so her her floats

    Astronaut Updates Collins on Scientific Progress Aboard ISS

    By Eric Bock

    Velcro and tape are advancing molecular biology in microgravity, the unique environment where the effects of Earth’s gravity are minimal, said NASA astronaut and biologist Dr. Kate Rubins while aboard the International Space Station. “One of the hardest parts about doing laboratory science here is that you can have a bench, but nothing will stay on the bench,” she said.
An African American man sits with rolled-up sleeve as a nurse in a white lab coat injects a needle into his arm at the Clinical Center.

On the Cover

Ebenezer Mienza, a respiratory therapist, was the first person at NIH to get vaccinated against Covid-19 on Dec. 22, 2020. Recently, NIH expanded employee vaccine eligibility, as the nation gradually begins to emerge from varying degrees of lockdown. Invitations to schedule a vaccine have now been sent to all Phase 4 staff, most of whom continue to work remotely. If you have an NIH staff ID badge and have not received a vaccine, you can schedule an appointment at NIH. As of Apr. 16, approximately 23,625 staffers have received at least a first dose of a Covid vaccine either at NIH or in their community.

Chia-Chi Charlie Chang

The NIH Record

The NIH Record, founded in 1949, is the biweekly newsletter for employees of the National Institutes of Health.

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Staff Writer: Amber Snyder
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