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Feb
17
0 comments Tags: consumer health, health information, National Health Observances, rare disease
Rare Disease Day is coming up on February 28! According to the NIH, Rare Disease Day “takes place worldwide, typically on or near the last day of February each year, to raise awareness among policymakers and the public about rare diseases and their impact on patients’ lives.” They also note that: An estimated 10,000 rare… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Consumer Health, Health Observances, Public Health
Feb
15
0 comments Tags: community outreach, library programming, National Health Observances, NLM Traveling Exhibits
We are delighted to share with you a guest post by Karin Saric, Information Services Librarian at Norris Medical Library, University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Karin is also responsible for the planning an organizing of hosting this National Library of Medicine (NLM) traveling exhibit at her library. In this post, she shares the… Read More »
Posted in: News from Network Members, News from NNLM Region 5
Feb
08
0 comments Tags: health misinformation, symposium
Registration is open for the free NNLM Virtual Symposium. The symposium will take place April 4-6, 2023. The 2023 NNLM Virtual Symposium, Health Misinformation will explore both the research behind health misinformation movements and provide practical and evidence-based solutions to support librarians, health educators, and direct care providers in combating the spread of all types… Read More »
Posted in: Health Misinformation, News from NNLM, Training & Education
Feb
06
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New things are coming for the NNLM Region 5’s newsletter, The Weekly Digest! The Weekly Digest, published on Tuesdays by Carolyn Martin, contains a wealth of information on upcoming events, classes, news from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), and National Institutes of Health (NIH), and notices… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, New from NNLM Region 5, News from NNLM Region 5
Feb
02
0 comments Tags: #eyes, #NNLMReadingClub, #vision
February is Low Vision Month. “You’re either kind of a super blind person or you’re kind of on the other end of the spectrum, kind of a pitiable blind person, and a lot of what I try and do in the book is kind of looking at the middle, you know, the vast middle ground… Read More »
Posted in: Consumer Health, Health Literacy, Public Health, Public Libraries