The National Library of Medicine launched a a new effort to document the landscape of organizations, programs, and advocacy efforts as part of a new Women’s Health web archive. Continue reading Source:…
Mrs. Medicine: Doctors’ Wives and the Making of Modern American Health Care
An interview with Kelly O’Donnell PhD on her NLM History Talk and her research on mid-20th century women’s auxiliary organizations in medicine. Continue reading Source: NLM
The Henkel Family in the Shenandoah: Medical Practice
By James Labosier ~ Read previous posts in this series: “The Henkel Family in the Shenandoah: Medical Heritage” and “The Henkel Family in the Shenandoah: Continue reading Source: NLM
The Henkel Family in the Shenandoah: Military Medicine
By James Labosier ~ Read the first post in this series: “The Henkel Family in the Shenandoah: Medical Heritage.” War takes hold of everyday life Continue reading Source: NLM
The Henkel Family in the Shenandoah: Medical Heritage
By James Labosier ~ Imagine a book co-written by many members of the same family over two or three generations; sons, daughters, and cousins contributing Continue reading Source: NLM
Characterizing Carceral Health at the NLM
By Jessica L. Adler ~ While undertaking research for a book on the history of medical care in U.S. carceral facilities, I’ve been searching archives Continue reading Source: NLM
The Artificial Teledioptric Eye, or Telescope, 1685–86
By Paula Findlen ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Installments of this lavishly illustrated encyclopedia of the anatomy, physiology, Continue reading Source: NLM
Mayerle’s Lithographed International Test Chart, 1907
By Stephen P. Rice ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. This multilingual eye-test chart, published in 1907, was the Continue reading Source: NLM
Huber the Tuber, 1943
By Steven Heller ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Tuberculosis attracted considerable attention from artists and writers. Along with Continue reading Source: NLM
Pasteur in the Classroom: Rediscovering a 1940s Film
Guest author Bert Hansen explores the background and influences of an interesting educational film. Continue reading Source: NLM
Farmer’s Death Spurs Fight Against Depression and Suicide
Farmers face an elevated risk of suicide. After Brenda Statz’s husband, Leon, lost his battle with depression, she is trying to spare others from his fate. Continue Reading
California’s Medicaid Experiment Spends Money to Save Money — And Help the Homeless
SAN DIEGO — Sporting a bright smile and the polished Super Bowl ring he won as a star NFL player in the late 1980s, Craig McEwen doesn’t fit the archetype of someone…
The CDC Lacks a Rural Focus. Researchers Hope a Newly Funded Office Will Help.
In 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published multiple reports analyzing health disparities between rural and urban populations. That effort pleased researchers and advocates for improving rural health because the…
AI health care platform predicts diabetes with high accuracy but ‘won’t replace patient care’
With 37.3 million people in the U.S. living with diabetes — 8.5 million of whom are undiagnosed, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — the disease is one of the…
‘Super seaweed’ on the way for health and medicine? Israeli scientists say we can ‘learn from nature’
Scientists say they’ve found a way to turn seaweed into “super seaweed” by increasing its health and medicinal value, according to a report from SWNS. The researchers are hoping the “boosted” seaweed…
Biden Administration Will Fund Program to Keep Covid Vaccines Free for the Uninsured
The program, which will include a partnership with pharmacy chains, will help cover the cost of vaccinating patients when the shots move to the commercial market later this year. Continue Reading
COVID booster dose for certain people approved by FDA
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that older individuals and those with weakened immune systems are eligible for another dose of the updated COVID-19 booster. According to the FDA’s announcement,…
Insurers Are Starting to Cover Telehealth Abortion
Several insurers will cover abortions through Hey Jane, a start-up online provider, just as courts threaten to hobble the industry. Continue Reading
FDA Authorizes Another Covid Booster Shot for People Over 65
Seniors and people with compromised immune systems may get a second bivalent booster if at least four months have passed since their last one. Continue Reading
UN: Thousands in West Africa face acute food shortage
Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year high spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and high prices, United Nations humanitarian agencies…