Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted.

The NIH Clinical Center (the research hospital of NIH) is open. For more details about its operating status, please visit cc.nih.gov.

Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at OPM.gov.

COVID-19 Research and NICHD

For the latest COVID-19 public health information and treatment/prevention guidance, visit https://www.cdc.gov/ coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, NICHD has worked to understand the effects of the virus among populations central to the NICHD mission, including pregnant and postpartum women, children and adolescents, and people with disabilities.

The institute has generated research proposals and projects; collaborated with other NIH institutes, centers, and offices (ICOs) and federal agencies; and initiated studies to help build a research base on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

NICHD also co-leads the Trans-NIH COVID-19 Workgroup on Pregnant & Lactating Women and Children with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and participates in many of NIH’s Strategic Response Activities, including trans-NIH programs related to COVID-19, such as the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADxSM) initiative.   

Select from the following links to learn more about NICHD’s COVID-19 research activities.

top of page BACK TO TOP