By Donna J. Drucker ~ G.D. Searle’s Enovid pill came on the market for married women in June 1960 when the U.S. Food and Drug Continue reading Source: NLM
Category: activism
Tod Mikuriya Papers Now Available for Research
By Megan O’Hern and John P. Rees ~ Researchers interested in the history of marijuana and medicine will appreciate learning about the Tod Mikuriya Papers (1933–2015), a Continue reading Source: NLM
Archiving HIV/AIDS on the Web
Christine Wenc describes her work to develop a web archive to provide historians, healthcare providers, and biomedical researchers with significant historical data for their present and future work. Continue reading Source: NLM
Power to the People: Washington Gives Back
By Jennifer Brier, Anne Armstrong, Julie Kutruff, Erin Carlson Mast, Patricia Tuohy Creative individuals and institutions in Washington DC have moved beyond what often comes Continue reading Source: NLM
The Medical Civil Rights Movement and Access to Health Care
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Beatrix Hoffman. Dr. Hoffman is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and guest curator of NLM’s most recent exhibition, Continue reading Source: NLM
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 Continue reading Source: NLM
Tearing Down the Walls in Mental Health Care
By Susan Speaker ~ May is Mental Health Month, an annual opportunity to raise public awareness about mental health problems and reduce the stigma associated Continue reading Source: NLM
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 Continue reading Source: NLM