NIAID Accomplishments

NIAID conducts and supports research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious and immune-mediated diseases. For more than 60 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and abroad. This page highlights notable scientific advances made by NIAID laboratories and NIAID-funded researchers.

NIAID Research Journeys

Explore the stories behind how NIAID-funded basic and clinical research paved the way for the development of important therapeutics and vaccines.

Accomplishments Over the Years

Selected NIAID Science News Highlights of 2020

In 2020, NIAID and its global partners rapidly leveraged their scientific infrastructure and expertise to conduct critical basic, preclinical, and clinical research to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although considerable challenges remain, scientists have made enormous strides this year in understanding, preventing, and treating COVID-19. Other research brought us closer to a new option for HIV prevention, a shorter treatment regimen for drug-susceptible tuberculosis, and a potential new eczema treatment, among many other advances.

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