![Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20210119222729im_/https://www.niaid.nih.gov/sites/default/files/49645402917_dc7a5db494_o.jpg)
Researcher Access to Clinical Data
NIAID's cloud-based, secure data platform enables sharing of anonymous patient-level clinical data to help generate new knowledge to treat and prevent infectious diseases such as COVID-19.
![NIAID Director Anthony Fauci receives flu shot](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20210119222729im_/https://www.niaid.nih.gov/sites/default/files/FluShot2018.jpg)
Seasonal Flu Vaccine
Dr. Fauci explains why getting the flu shot is so important for individual health and to prevent the spread of influenza virus.
![This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20210119222729im_/https://www.niaid.nih.gov/sites/default/files/Vero-Covid-19-24h-hi_i034-rk.jpg)
Novel Coronavirus
NIAID is conducting and supporting research on SARS CoV-2 and the disease COVID-19.