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Nov
11
NIH is taking an all-hands-on-deck approach to speeding life-saving research for vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tests to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the establishment of major public-private initiatives such as the Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) and the Rapid Acceleration of Diagostics (RADx) initiatives, NIH and its partners have launched dozens of COVID-19 vaccine and treatment clinical… Read More »
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Nov
05
Check out the November 2020 issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research. Download a PDF version for printing. Breathe Better With COPD Living With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Many things can improve your quality of life with COPD. Find tips for… Read More »
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Nov
05
The recording for the MCR Webinar, Keep the Momentum Going: Citizen Science Programming Throughout the Year, is now available on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/tnc7ZLv9wPA Caroline Nickerson, Program Manager at SciStarter, presented on libraries and Citizen Science. Citizen science is public engagement in real research. Anyone can do citizen science by collecting data, conducting scientific analysis, and… Read More »
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Nov
03
Your health is the product of three factors: lifestyle, environment and genetics. In November, NNLM Reading Club is taking a closer look at human genetics. Featured are three books that translate the complexities of genetics into understandable terms. Pulitzer Prize-winner Siddhartha Mukherjee traces the history of genetics from its beginnings in the 19th-century experiments of… Read More »
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Oct
28
Health programming is a staple offering at many public libraries. With the onset of COVID-19, staff at Brooklyn Public Library took their health programming virtual. During this one-hour webinar, staff and community partners from Brooklyn Public Library will share how they adapted health programming into a virtual environment. This presentation will address: Resources for virtual health… Read More »
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