Public health

National Institutes of Health (NIH) representatives state that international investment, collaboration, and coordination have been key to responding to the COVID-19 pandemic....

The NIH explores ways to speed up the research and discovery of new treatments for rare diseases, which are not often thought of as the public health challenge that they are. ...

Another pandemic will happen, and the US still has time to create a health system that effectively prevents sickness instead of merely struggling to treat it, and to enact policies that rightfully prioritize the needs of disabled and vulnerable communities....