Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on the swine flu H1N1 vaccine. A recent editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests there may be delays in the future availability of a swine flu vaccine and notes the need for international policies to equitably distribute affordable vaccines...

It's hurricane and tropical storm season. Learn more by visiting the hurricanes and floods health topic pages on MedlinePlus.

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. To learn more about vaccines and immunizations, visit the MedlinePlus topic pages on immunization and childhood immunization.

Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on bowel movements.

A bowel movement is the last stop in the movement of food through your digestive tract. It is made of what is left after your digestive system (stomach, small intestine, and colon) absorbs nutrients and fluids from what you eat and drink...

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on the drug pipeline for rare and neglected diseases. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will launch a research pipeline that creates new drugs to treat rare and neglected diseases...

August is Cataract Awareness Month. Visit the cataract health topic page, which includes an interactive tutorial. Also, check out the NIHSeniorHealth page on cataracts.

Make Health a Family Reunion Affair from the National Kidney Disease Education Program.

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on cystic fibrosis progress. While it has been 20 years since researchers found the gene that causes cystic fibrosis, a recent article in Science explains a cure remains elusive as patient outcomes improve, and lessons about the challenges to bring research from bench to bedside are learned...

Watch a live webcast of shoulder replacement surgery on August 10 at 4:00 p.m. EDT, and check out the MedlinePlus health topic page on shoulder injuries and disorders.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

It's still summer, but before you know it, it'll be time to go back to school! Visit the school health topic page and check out the latest news to learn more.