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Ebola virus under a microscope

Ebola Virus: Lessons from a Unique Survivor (2017)

The NIH Director's Blog discusses answers emerging thanks to a new detailed analysis of the immune responses of a unique Ebola survivor, a 34-year-old American health-care worker who was critically ill and cared for at the NIH Special Clinical Studies Unit in 2015.

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UPDATE: American healthcare worker with Ebola virus disease arrives safely at NIH Clinical Center (2015)

An American healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola virus while volunteering services in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone has arrived safely at the NIH Clinical Center for care and treatment.

Ebola virus

President Obama Speaks on the Fight Against Ebola (2014)

President Barack Obama spoke at the NIH Clinical Center to praise the contributions of NIH staff in the fight against Ebola. He also stressed the need for more resources to support research and public health efforts that will lead as quickly as possible to an end to this outbreak.

The New York Times News Article

The New York Times (July 3, 1953)

"Revolutionary Center for Medical Research Dedicated"

The Atlanta Journal News Article

The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution (July 18, 1953)

"Medical Researchers and Patients Battle Disease in Giant New Washington Center"

Beacon of Hope cover

Beacon of Hope: The Clinical Center Through Forty Years of Growth and Change in Biomedicine (1993)

Washingtonian September 1997 cover page

Washingtonian (September 1997)

Last Best Hope: They have rare diseases, bizarre conditions. Some have only months to live. They come by the thousands to NIH in Bethesda, yearning to be cured.

Washingtonian May 1998 cover page

Washingtonian (May 1998)

What's Wrong With Jessica: Doctors at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda had never seen human blood quite like that of this sick little girl. Here's what it took to crack the case.

CC News 50th Anniversary edition cover page

NIH Clinical Center Celebrates 50 Years (2003)

Building Ten at Fifty: 50 Years of Clinical Research at the NIH Clinical Center

Building Ten at Fifty: 50 Years of Clinical Research at the NIH Clinical Center (2003)

CC News October 2011 edition cover page

NIH Clinical Center Receives the Lasker-Bloomberg Award for Public Service (2011)

Front page of the CC News 60th Anniversary edition

Clinical Center News 60th Anniversary Edition (2013)

Throughout the year, our CC news team will highlight research, patients, staff and programs to celebrate 60 years of discovering tomorrow's cures.