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Preventing & treating pregnancy problems is key to reducing maternal deaths & improving maternal health.
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Did you know Asian and Pacific Islander Americans are at higher risk for chronic hepatitis B?
One in six U.S. adults will have a communication disorder in his or her lifetime. Learn how research improves lives.
Are you one of the nearly 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. living with a mental illness?
A wide variety of free images are available on the NIH Flickr.
Study finds heavily processed foods cause overeating and weight gain.
Popular entertainment associated with increase in youth suicide rates.
Decline in vaccinations causing preventable global resurgence.
Knowing the symptoms.
NIH is the nation’s medical research agency, supporting scientific studies that turn discovery into health.
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., provides leadership for the 27 institutes and centers that make up the NIH.
NIH is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs.
Scientists conduct research on NIH campuses across the U.S., as part of our Intramural Research Program.
NIH provides training opportunities internally, as well as at universities and other institutions across the U.S.
The central recruitment point of access to all NIH jobs and training opportunities
NIH does not tolerate pervasive or severe harassment of any kind, including sexual harassment.
Cancer prevention and detection, while making more therapies available to more patients.
Learn about an audacious initiative aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain.
Learn about participating in clinical trials and where to find them.
A research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease.
Diabetes, obesity, cancer, asthma, and many other consumer health topics.
Trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid crisis.
Trans-agency initiative to investigate conditions affecting people with Down syndrome.
NIH-supported research has had a major positive impact on nearly all of our lives.
Learn about NIH’s workforce diversity programs and activities.
A bold venture to help identify new treatments and cures for diseases.
Important initiatives aimed at improving medical research.
