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Feb
19
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Adequate health literacy is essential to health care, public health, and the way our society views health. Improving the health literacy of the population has been broadly recognized as an important goal and is one of the major objectives in the Healthy People 2020 Health Communication and Health Information Technology topic. Health literacy is not… Read More »
Posted in: Public Health
Feb
13
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Announcing a very important opportunity to contribute feedback of the value of the National Library of Medicine, and to directly influence the future of this organization. Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, has convened a Working Group to Chart the Course for the NIH National Library of Medicine. In particular, comments… Read More »
Posted in: News from NLM, News From NNLM PNR
Feb
12
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“Identifying and Developing New Roles for Librarians: the National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship” is the title of current National Library of Medicine Associate Fellow, Ariel Deardorff. Please note that this month’s PNR Rendezvous is on a Thursday. February 19, 2015 at 1 PM Pacific (noon Alaska 2 PM Mountain) Ariel Deardorff, Associate Fellow at… Read More »
Posted in: News From NNLM PNR
Feb
05
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In the United States, 1 in 4 women dies from heart disease*. On National Wear Red Day tomorrow, thousands of people, men and women, raise their voices in support of heart disease awareness and prevention, in efforts to help women learn their risk for heart disease. Show your support by wearing something red and encourage… Read More »
Posted in: News From NNLM PNR
Jan
28
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Fifteen years ago, measles was considered eliminated from the United States. However, in recent weeks the number of people infected with measles has gone up to 78 since an outbreak in California’s Disneyland. In 2014 alone there were 644 reported cases in the United States. Many of those infected were never vaccinated for various reasons. … Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Public Health