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Dr. Francis Collins, Dr. Tony Fauci, and several others, including frontline healthcare workers, receive COVID-19 vaccination at NIH Clinical Center

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Dr. Anthony Fauci receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 22, NIH hosted a COVID-19 Vaccine Kick-Off event in the Clinical Center. Public health officials, including U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, Dr. Francis Collins, director of NIH, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIH's National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Colleen McGowan, director of NIH's Office of Research Services, and six of the NIH Clinical Center's frontline healthcare workers all received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Francis Collins, director of NIH, said "The events of the last two weeks, where not just one, but two COVID-19 vaccines have been authorized for emergency use, just 11 months after this virus first appeared on our radar, have been truly astounding. The messenger RNA technology used for both COVID-19 vaccines now authorized by FDA rest on fundamental research conducted right here at NIH at our Vaccine Research Center at our own Clinical Center." View the videocast and images.