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Founding and Future: 50 Years of the NIAAA

December 31, 2020 Circulating Now

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

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Scope Magazine (1941–1957)

November 29, 2018

By R. Roger Remington ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Targeted at doctors, pharmacists, and other health professionals, Scope was

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First in Human: The Trials of Building 10

August 9, 2017 Circulating Now

By Rebecca Warlow ~ A new documentary, First in Human: The Trials of Building 10, produced by McGee Media for the Discovery Channel, explores the

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John E. Fogarty at home with his wife Luise and daughter Mary, 1948 or 1949

John E. Fogarty—A Family Perspective

October 1, 2015 Circulating Now

NLM’s newest Profiles in Science site features Congressman John Edward Fogarty (1913–1967), who was called “Mr. Public Health” for his dedication to increased federal funding

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John E. Fogarty with Melvin Laird on the U.S. Capitol steps. ca. 1960.

“Mr. Public Health”—John E. Fogarty, Medical Research, and Health Care

September 25, 2015 Circulating Now

By Susan Speaker In January of 1941, a twenty-seven year old Rhode Island bricklayer named John Edward Fogarty began his first term in the U.S.

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COVID-19 IS AN EMERGING, RAPIDLY EVOLVING SITUATION

A graphic representation of a virus.Get the latest public health information from CDC:

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