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Oct

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Polio Then and Now: From Salk’s Game-Changing Vaccine to Today’s Resurgence

Posted by on October 23rd, 2014 0 comments

Credit: CDC photo by S. Smith. Member of an Emergency Citizens Group in Oklahoma City, radioing information to headquarters during the 1963 Polio Eradication Campaign. Public Health Image Library (http://phil.cdc.gov), #1624. This is a guest post written by Ann Glusker, MLIS, MPH, Reference and Consumer Health Librarian at The Seattle Public Library. The library world… Read More »

Posted in: News from Network Members, Public Health

Oct

22

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Healthcare Insurance Marketplace Opportunities: How to Become a Certified Application Counselor and Marketplace Enrollment Information

Posted by on October 22nd, 2014 0 comments

Thinking about having a Certified Application Counselor on staff to help with this year’s Affordable Care Act enrollment? Join this webinar on Thursday from the Partnership Center to learn how you can become a CAC Organization and Champion for Coverage. Or if you just want to be informed and get ready for enrollment (begins November… Read More »

Posted in: News From NNLM PNR, Public Health, Training & Education

Oct

14

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National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

Posted by on October 14th, 2014 0 comments

October 15 is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day. This year’s theme is ‘To End AIDS, Commit to Act‘ – ‘Para Acabar con el SIDA, Comprometete a Actuar.‘ Established in 2003, the National Latino AIDS Awareness Day campaign works annually at building capacity for non-profit organizations and health departments in order to reach Latino communities, promote… Read More »

Posted in: Public Health

Jul

17

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Free Online TOXNET Class Offered This Fall

Posted by on July 17th, 2014 0 comments

The National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC) is offering an online, asynchronous class called “Discovering TOXNET” October 20 – November 14, 2014.  Discover TOXNET and other NLM environmental health databases through videos, guided tutorials, and discovery exercises.  The class is taught online in thirteen independent modules.

Posted in: Public Health, Training & Education

Jun

18

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TOXNET Gets A Facelift

Posted by on June 18th, 2014 0 comments

The National Library of Medicine’s TOXNET (TOXicology Data NETwork) resource – http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov – is a group of databases covering chemicals and drugs, diseases and the environment, environmental health, occupational safety and health, poisoning, risk assessment and regulations, and toxicology.  Recently the TOXNET interface was updated and features: Improved appearance Intuitive interactive capabilities Improved multi-database search Easy… Read More »

Posted in: News from NLM, Public Health

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