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Photographs of three buttons naming PCP, CMV and Crypto, three diseases associated with AIDS..

June 5, 1981—The First Report of AIDS in the U.S.

June 4, 2021 Circulating Now

By Erika Mills ~ In the June 5, 1981 edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the CDC described a rare lung infection

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People gather outside a German Measles vaccination clinic.

NLM Exhibitions and Epidemics

April 30, 2020 Circulating Now

By Patricia Tuohy~ I am not an historian of medicine. However, many of the historians of medicine with whom I’ve worked have wryly talked about

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White men stand holding a banner that says "fighting for our lives"

Making Exhibition Connections: Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

March 3, 2020 Circulating Now

Francisco Fajardo and Jorge Perez talk about hosting Surviving and Thriving.

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AIDS35

Remembering & Witnessing: AIDS35 and the NLM Exhibition “Surviving and Thriving”

October 19, 2017 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Thomas Lawrence Long from University of Connecticut School of Nursing.  Drawn from a presentation given as part of a bimonthly

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A simple bar graph style chart titled American War Deaths and ranking deaths from various wars in comparison to AIDS deaths, with AIDS at 319,849 (through 1995) and World War Two at 291,557.

Surviving and Thriving: The Making of an Exhibition

December 1, 2014 Circulating Now

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

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AIDS: Trading Fears for Facts. A Guide for Teens. Image Copyright K. Haring '88.

Getting to Zero: World AIDS Day

December 1, 2013 Circulating Now

By Erika Mills ~ Currently, 35 million people around the world are living with HIV. Many lack access to vital information and resources that would

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A group of men stand holding a banner that reads Fighting for our Lives

Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture

October 18, 2013 Circulating Now

By Erika Mills The advent of HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s bred an atmosphere of fear and confusion as people fell ill and died, questions

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Join us next week to welcome Randall Sell, ScD of Drexel University for the next #NLMHistTalk, "'We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it': Struggles and Stories to Be Heard for Today and Tomorrow." Read an interview with Dr. Sell this week in the latest post from the Circulating Now blog to learn more about his research and upcoming talk (🔗 Link in Bio).
The #PetriDish is a common laboratory tool used to culture different cells and microorganisms. Why is it called a "Petri" dish? The transparent lidded dish is named after Julius Richard Petri (born #OnThisDay in 1852) who worked as an assistant to the renowned microbiologist Robert Koch. In 1887, after struggling with dust and extra bacteria in samples, Petri tweaked Koch's plating design to reduce contamination. After almost 140 years, the design has remained the same.
For #TitlePageTuesday, we pulled 'The Wound Dresser: a Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion' (Boston, 1898) by American poet, essayist, and journalist Walt Whitman. Whitman (born May 31, 1819) served as a volunteer during the American Civil War, visiting sick and wounded soldiers in the military hospitals. The book opens with Whitman's famous poem of the same title, followed by published essays and his wartime correspondence.
On Memorial Day, we honor and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. "Our New Memorial" was printed on May 31, 1919, in the 10th issue of "The Ward," a periodical published by and for the enlisted men of U.S. Army Hospital No. 12 in Biltmore, North Carolina. The poem at the start of the article reads,
For #FloralFriday, we've picked an engraved and hand-colored illustration (Image 1) of the "female piony" (Paeonia faemina, Plate 65) from the first volume of Elizabeth Blackwell's A Curious Herbal, printed in London in 1737. Just outside, the peony flowers (Image 2) in the NLM Herb Garden bloomed with a welcomed burst of color for spring.
In the 1930s/1940s, cinema—#PublicHealth films included—was having a moment. With the onset of World War II, the U.S. military had much to say and show audiences of soldiers and the public. Often in league with well-regarded filmmakers, the government sought to inform, inspire, and educate military men and women as well as the masses at home.

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