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Tag: 1980s
AIDS Posters: A Community Tool Used to Save Lives
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Theodore (ted) Kerr to discuss his research in the AIDS poster collection at the National Library of Medicine and his
Visualizing World AIDS Day
By Ginny A. Roth ~ Annually on December 1st, World AIDS Day energizes the public to unite in the fight against AIDS and to commemorate
March in February: Congenital Heart Defects Awareness
By Ginny A. Roth ~ Today is Valentines Day, a day associated with hearts. In fact, the entire month of February is American Heart Month.
A New History of NLM: Celebrating 150 Years of Public Service and Looking to the Future
By Jeffrey S. Reznick ~ This is the eighth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine
Don’t be SAD: A Very Brief History of Light Therapy
By Michael Sappol As December 21, the shortest day of the year approaches, when the gray and dark is at its height and golden sunshine
Trade Cards in The Fight Against AIDS
By Ginny A. Roth ~ World AIDS Day is an international observance held on December 1st each year and an opportunity for people
Nurses Organize
This post is the fourth in a series exploring the history of nursing and domestic violence from the guest blogger Catherine Jacquet, Assistant Professor of
Surviving and Thriving: The Making of an Exhibition
Dr. Jennifer Brier spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “Surviving and Thriving: The Making of an Exhibition.” Dr. Brier is director of
Getting to Zero: World AIDS Day
By Erika Mills ~ Currently, 35 million people around the world are living with HIV. Many lack access to vital information and resources that would