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22
NNLM Region 6 is excited to share the 3 awardees selected for the Mpox Information Outreach Award. This award will provide funding to organizations for the purpose of providing communities most at risk for mpox with high quality information about mpox. The award is intended to increase health equity through outreach and engagement. What is… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Feb
20
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Effective communication is a marker of health care quality. Shared language between patients and health care providers enables gathering information for diagnosis, explaining treatment strategies, and ensuring understanding and joint decision-making. The Network of the National Library of Medicine promotes access, use, and understanding of health information for everyone. Therefore, NNLM supported two projects that made… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Funding, News from the Region
Feb
16
0 comments Tags: Disaster Response, Environmental Disaster
With the recent train derailment and subsequent environmental impact in and near East Palestine OH, now is a good time to review a few resources regarding such disasters. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is expanding and accelerating its contributions to scientific knowledge of human health and… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Emergency Preparedness
Feb
02
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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: NNLM Reading Club
Jan
31
0 comments Tags: health misinformation, HealthMisinfoNNLM
Health misinformation is a widespread problem, with false or misleading information about both long standing health concerns like cancer and emergent situations like the COVID-19 pandemic spreading at a rapid pace. Sometimes questionable health information is obvious, but it can also be difficult to recognize and can potentially reach millions of people. The Health Misinformation… Read More »
Posted in: Health Misinformation