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February 16, 2024

  • Jarivs accepts a plaque from Schor

    Songbirds Begin to Reveal Mysteries of Spoken Language

    By Eric Bock

    Humans, parrots, songbirds and hummingbirds share an unusual ability. They can hear and repeat new sounds even if they weren’t born making them. A recent lecture explores this further, looking at the neurobiology and evolution of vocal learning and spoken language.
  • Dr. Ryland Young

    Young Turns the Phage Toward New Therapies

    By Dana Talesnik

    Phage therapy is emerging as an important tool against multi-drug-resistant bacterial infections. Much of what’s known about bacteriophages—viruses that target and kill bacteria—comes from research led by Dr. Ryland Young, featured speaker at NIH’s annual DeWitt Stetten Jr. Lecture.
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    Historic Public Health Report Marks 60th Anniversary

    By Kris Heitman

    Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General, published 60 years ago in January 1964, reshaped the way Americans viewed smoking. This year marks a significant anniversary for the historic document.
  • Gates and Bertagnolli seated at a long table. Bertagnolli, to the left and slightly out of focus, listens to Gates, who speaks into a microphone while looking to the right and out of the frame.

    NIH Hosts Annual Global Health Workshop with Gates Foundation

    Leaders of NIH and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gathered Jan. 29 at the Porter Neuroscience Research Center for the 10th annual NIH-Gates Foundation Leadership Workshop on Global Health.
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On the Cover

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The NIH Record

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

Published 25 times each year, it comes out on payday Fridays.

Editor: Dana Talesnik
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Associate Editor: Patrick Smith
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Assistant Editor: Eric Bock
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Staff Writer: Amber Snyder
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