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Documenting Women’s Health Organizations and Resources on …

WebThe Women’s Health web archive also captures efforts by federal organizations to address maternal health issues. One such example is the Hear Her …

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Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections

WebThis week in April is set aside to honor these health workers who keep us all healthy and smiling brightly. Around one quarter of U.S. adults suffers from hay fever, or …

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Outside/Inside: Immigration, Migration, and Health Care in the …

WebIn 1985, nurses and physicians dedicated to improving health care for migrant farmers formed the grassroots-based Migrant Clinicians Network. “A Chinese …

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The Medical Civil Rights Movement and Access to …

WebCirculating Now welcomes guest blogger Beatrix Hoffman.Dr. Hoffman is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and guest …

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U.S. Women’s Movements and Health Care Reform

WebThe first health insurance bills in the U.S. were drafted by Olga Halsey, a researcher for the American Association for Labor …

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A New Collection of Public Health Posters – Circulating …

WebNLM began a focused effort to collect public health posters and related materials in 1987, an effort that continues today. This extensive and unique collection is preserved with NLM’s prints, photographs, and …

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NLM Collections Tour: Health at Home

WebGlobal health events affect very large populations in a variety of ways, leading people to take steps to restore their own physical and mental health as well as address a variety of health risks. The NLM …

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Smoking in America: 50 Years On

WebIn January 2014, the Surgeon General will release the 50th anniversary Surgeon General’s Report (SGR) on smoking and health. The report will highlight 50 years of progress in tobacco control and …

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Making a World of Difference: Stories About Global …

WebDelta Health Center nurses making a home visit, ca. 1960s Courtesy Dan Bernstein. Based on an example from South Africa, the Delta Health Center, one of the first community health centers in the U.S., …

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AIDS Posters: A Community Tool Used to Save Lives

WebCirculating Now welcomes guest blogger Theodore (ted) Kerr to discuss his research in the AIDS poster collection at the National Library of Medicine and his experience guest curating NLM's upcoming …

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NLM Collections Tour: Climate and Health

WebCurrent Health Information and Research on Climate and Health MedlinePlus. Medline plus is a health information portal from NLM, that provides access to current, accurate health information and …

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Influenza Precautions, Then and Now

WebAs is now well-known, the death toll from Spanish influenza in the United States, estimated at more than 600,000, was at least five times the number of American …

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The WHO’s Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978

WebThe Declaration also made very strong commitments to “development in the spirit of social justice” and to “essential health care” that was “universally accessible” and …

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What It Means to Talk about Race and African American Health

WebNaa Oyo A. Kwate, PhD gave the annual James H. Cassedy Memorial Lecture on February 11, 2021 at the National Library of Medicine on ““ Savages cry …

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Behind the Camera: World Health Organization Photographers

WebBy Ginny A. Roth ~ The National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) collection of approximately 600 The World Health Organization (WHO) photographs is an emotional, …

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Emotions and Disease – Circulating Now from the NLM Historical …

WebThe National Library of Medicine recently redesigned the online presentation of its exhibition Emotions and Disease. Held in the Library’s building in Bethesda, MD, 25 …

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Prevention Posters Push the Message

WebA series of public health posters were created during the outbreak meant to dispel rumors about how the disease was spread. The posters below were created as …

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Elizabeth Blackwell: “That Girl There Is Doctor In Medicine” Part I

WebIn 1878, the Library acquired about 300 scientific pamphlets that were previously owned by the renowned French physiologist Claude Bernard. In preparation …

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A Voyage to Health, a Connection to Communities

WebAs a graduate student pursuing my MLIS with a certificate in Museum Studies, my last health science class was more years ago than I would like to admit. My hesitation …

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NLM Collections Tour: Mental Health

WebRecently added to NLM Digital Collections is the film The Mask, produced in the mid-1960s by the Louisiana Association for Mental Health. The Mask was directed by …

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Medical Identity and Ethnicity in 19th-Century New Orleans

WebAF: My work in medical history evolved from my early interests in rhetoric, French immigration to New Orleans, the public health issues and environmental factors …

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NLM Collections Tour: HIV/AIDS

WebProduced by government health departments as well as private organizations, these ephemeral objects became an important medium for messages of awareness, …

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