By Erika Mills ~ Immigration and migration are important parts of the American story; and health care and medicine have played a role in inclusion
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News and Announcements from the History of Medicine Division
What It Means to Talk about Race and African American Health
An interview with Dr. Naa Oyo A. Kwate, Rutgers University, on her NLM History Talk.
Making a World of Difference: Stories About Global Health
By Erika Mills ~ Around the world, communities, in collaboration with scientists, advocates, governments, and international organizations, are taking up the challenge to prevent illness
COVID-19 Web Collecting: Reflections at One Year
The National Library of Medicine is archiving web and social media content documenting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Founding and Future: 50 Years of the NIAAA
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Laura C. Manella and Gregory K. Roa from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to celebrate the
Rise, Serve, Lead… And Publish
Circulating Now interviewed Ashley Bowen, Ph.D., about her NLM History Talk “Rise, Serve, Lead… And Publish: Including Women Physicians’ Writings in Rise, Serve, Lead: America’s Women Physicians.”
The Sulfonamide Revolution and Children’s Health Care Delivery in the US
Circulating Now interviewed Cynthia Connolly, PhD, RN, FAAN, about her NLM History Talk.
DeBakey in Baghdad and Beirut: The Internationalization of Surgical Education, 1945–1970
Circulating Now interviewed Sara Farhan, Ph.D., a 2019 Michael E. DeBakey Fellow in the History of Medicine, about her NLM History Talk.
When People are Data: How Medical History Matters for Our Digital Age
Joanna Radin, Ph.D. will speak on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 2:00 PM ET. This program will be live-streamed globally, and archived, by NIH VideoCasting.
“The World’s First Public Health Emergency of International Concern”
On April 25, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 2009 H1N1 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.