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Color illustrated clip from comic book cover featuring a nurse in white uniform holding the head of an injured man in her lap while a doctor looks on

Making A Case for Comic Books in the Classroom

June 30, 2022 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth ~ Comics, whether created to entertain or inform, have a place in the classroom.

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A poster with repeated images of a Black woman with sunglasses and green hair with white text

AIDS Posters: A Community Tool Used to Save Lives

December 1, 2021 Circulating Now

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

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More Pictures of the Pandemic

July 9, 2021 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth ~ Three months ago Circulating Now published a post presenting new acquisitions related to COVID-19. As vaccination rates rise in our

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Illustration of the word "garden" with other graphics around it and the words "stay healthy at home"

Pictures of the Pandemic

April 8, 2021 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth ~ July 23rd, 2020, was a typical hot, humid day in Washington, D.C., but unlike other summer days in the Nation’s

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Epidemiological map of global Zika

Revealing Data: Learning About Zika

June 18, 2020 Circulating Now

NLM collection items reveal how data has informed scientists’ understanding of Zika and its impact on the health of individuals and communities around the world.

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Mother and child, Nepal

Global Healing

February 11, 2015 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth ~ “I have always been drawn to people and have sought to see them compassionately and with understanding through the lens

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A sheet of three identical stamps featuring a reproduction of the portrait of Vesalius from his De Fabrca.

Andreas Vesalius in Stamps

September 23, 2014 Circulating Now

By Michael J. North This year we commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) who is best known for changing how

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Poster of Alaska Native teenager jumping in a gymnasium

Actively Fighting Childhood Obesity

September 19, 2014 circulating now

This 2003 poster, published by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, promotes the concept of teenagers having an active lifestyle.

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Psychiatric Interview Films in the Age of Reform: Notes on the Depressive Neurosis Series Filmed by the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1969

Psychiatric Interview Films in the Age of Reform: Notes on the Depressive Neurosis Series Filmed by the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1969

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In the 1800s, scientists developed an analog of the active ingredient in willow bark, creating aspirin. "Take Two & Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited" is a new #OnlineExhibition about the creation of a medicine now part of daily life.
We're taking a deep dive into the hive for #InsectThursday. Pictured here is a cross-section of a #beehive from the 1638 edition of Ulisse Aldrovandi's De Animalibus Insectis Libri Septem (Call number: WZ 250 A365da 1638).
Annually on December 1st, World AIDS Day energizes the public to unite in the fight against AIDS and to commemorate those individuals who have lost their lives to the disease. This year’s theme “Let Communities Lead,” speaks to the power of communities to connect and protect as well as to monitor and advocate for access to resources and accountability from authorities.
In celebration of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we are sharing a portrait of Dr. Lillie Rosa Minoka-Hill (1876 - 1952), the second Native American woman to hold an M.D. degree. Visit NLM's "Changing the Face of Medicine" exhibition site to learn more about her life and work: Link in Bio or https://loom.ly/GatkWhg
Pardon me, but it's already Thanksgiving Eve?
Today we join the nation in remembering former First Lady Rosalynn Carter who passed away yesterday after a lifetime of service.

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