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"Fellow Explores DeBakey’s Far-Reaching Legacy" in the NIH Record

Medicine on Screen

Darkening Day: Air Pollution Films and Environmental Awareness, 1960–1972 Featured in The Washington Post

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Reporting, Recording, and Remembering the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

Watch the Research Symposium by Virginia Tech Students on NIH Videocasting

This Lead is Killing Us

NLM Exhibition Featured in The Washington Post.

Advancing History

From digital humanities to web archiving, the National Library of Medicine is working today to collect and preserve tomorrow's history.
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Explore unique items from the history of medicine held in the public trust at the National Library of Medicine.

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In accordance with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and to promote social distancing, the National Library of Medicine Reading Rooms are closed to the public starting Monday, March 16, 2020 at 12 pm (Noon) until further notice.

During this period, NLM online resources will remain available, including NLM Digital Collections (https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/) and PubMed Central (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/).

NLM will continue to provide interlibrary loan (ILL) services. For latest NLM ILL service information check this website - https://www.nlm.nih.gov/psd/cas/illhome.html.

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Last Reviewed: December 4, 2020