NLM Lecture on Science, Technology, and Society: Is Misinformation the Problem? Re-examining the Infodemic
Ren é e DiResta will deliver the 2023 Annual NLM Lecture on Science, Technology, and Society, entitled, “ Is Misinformation the Problem? Re-examining the Infodemic. ” As COVID-19 spread across the United States, public health officials and science communicators found themselves wrangling both the pandemic and what was often described as an “ infodemic ” : a barrage of false and misleading information about the disease, treatments, and eventually vaccines. In this talk, we will explore that infodemic, drawing on research that examined how it took shape, what narratives reached which publics, and the network dynamic...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Is Misinformation the Problem? Re-examining the Infodemic
As COVID-19 spread across the United States, public health officials and science communicators found themselves wrangling both the pandemic and what was often described as an “ infodemic ” : a barrage of false and misleading information about the disease, treatments, and eventually vaccines. In this talk, we will explore that infodemic, drawing on research that examined how it took shape, what narratives reached which publics, and the network dynamics that assisted its spread. While misinformation was indeed present in many narratives that went viral, much of what proliferated is perhaps more accurately classified as r...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Reading Remedy Books: Manuscripts and the Making of a National Medical Tradition
NLM History of Medicine
Around the turn of the fifteenth century, ordinary English people (merchants, village priests, and well-to-do farmers) found themselves with the means, for the first time, to create books of medical knowledge. Hundreds of the manuscripts they filled with medical recipes, herbals, and prognostications survive in archives across Britain and the United States — three of them at the NLM. As bespoke collections, these manuscripts reveal something of the attitudes and interests of their original fifteenth-century patrons, but they were also living books: many were altered and amended by subsequent reade...
Source: Videocast - All Events - December 1, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine - September 2023 - Mrs. Medicine: Doctors ’ Wives and the Making of Modern American Health Care
7th annual Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine: Marrying a doctor was presented as an aspirational goal for many young women in the twentieth century United States. For those who succeeded in securing a physician husband, however, married life was often hard work. From fundraising for hospital construction to waging political campaigns to answering patients ’ phone calls, the doctor ’ s wife was an essential part of the growth of the American health care system as we know it. Drawing on a wide variety of NLM resources — particularly the publications of medical women ’ s auxiliary groups — this t...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 28, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Highlights of Pandemic Related Successes in Tribal Communities, a webinar co-sponsored by the NIH RECOVER, NIH CEAL, and the NIH Tribal Health Research Office
The NIH Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery Initiative, also called NIH RECOVER, in partnership with the Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) and the Tribal Health Research Office (THRO) invites research teams to attend the Highlights of Pandemic Related Successes in Tribal Communities Webinar on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, from 2PM – 4PM EST. This exciting webinar, tailored specifically for research team members across RECOVER, CEAL and NIH, will spotlight successful approaches used during the COVID-19 pandemic to engage members of Tribal Communities. Panelists will share how they met the needs and priorities of thes...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 28, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NICHD Stillbirth Working Group of Council - January 2023
The NICHD Stillbirth Working Group of Council is charged with providing a report to the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council focusing on the current barriers to collecting data on stillbirths throughout the United States, communities at higher risk of stillbirth, the psychological impact and treatment for mothers following stillbirth, and known risk factors for stillbirth.Air date: 1/5/2023 3:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 21, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NICHD Stillbirth Working Group of Council - December 2022
The NICHD Stillbirth Working Group of Council is charged with providing a report to the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council focusing on the current barriers to collecting data on stillbirths throughout the United States, communities at higher risk of stillbirth, the psychological impact and treatment for mothers following stillbirth, and known risk factors for stillbirth.Air date: 12/9/2022 11:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 21, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NICHD Stillbirth Working Group of Council - November 2022
The NICHD Stillbirth Working Group of Council is charged with providing a report to the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council focusing on the current barriers to collecting data on stillbirths throughout the United States, communities at higher risk of stillbirth, the psychological impact and treatment for mothers following stillbirth, and known risk factors for stillbirth.Air date: 11/22/2022 10:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 21, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NICHD Stillbirth Working Group of Council [December]
The NICHD Stillbirth Working Group of Council is charged with providing a report to the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council focusing on the current barriers to collecting data on stillbirths throughout the United States, communities at higher risk of stillbirth, the psychological impact and treatment for mothers following stillbirth, and known risk factors for stillbirth.Air date: 12/9/2022 11:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NICHD Stilbirth Working Group of Council [November]
The NICHD Stillbirth Working Group of Council is charged with providing a report to the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council focusing on the current barriers to collecting data on stillbirths throughout the United States, communities at higher risk of stillbirth, the psychological impact and treatment for mothers following stillbirth, and known risk factors for stillbirth.Air date: 11/22/2022 10:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Rare Disease Day at NIH 2023
Rare diseases affect an estimated 30 million people in the United States. On February 28, 2023, NIH will host its annual Rare Disease Day event to raise awareness about these disorders, the people they affect, and NIH collaborations that advance research for new treatments. Sponsored by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and the NIH Clinical Center, the event will feature panel discussions, rare diseases stories, and more. Participants can share their thoughts, photos, and experiences via social media using the hashtag #RDDNIH.
Explore virtual exhibits, view scientific posters, and network w...
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 12, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NICHD Stillbirth Working Group of Council - October 2022
The NICHD Stillbirth Working Group of Council is charged with providing a report to the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council focusing on the current barriers to collecting data on stillbirths throughout the United States, communities at higher risk of stillbirth, the psychological impact and treatment for mothers following stillbirth, and known risk factors for stillbirth.Air date: 10/20/2022 1:30:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - October 7, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NSABB Board Meeting - September 2022
The NSABB is a federal advisory committee that addresses issues related to biosecurity and dual use research at the request of the United States Government. The NSABB has up to 25 voting members with a broad range of expertise including molecular biology, microbiology, infectious diseases, biosafety, public health, veterinary medicine, plant health, national security, biodefense, law enforcement, scientific publishing, and other related fields.Air date: 9/21/2022 1:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NSABB Board Meeting
The NSABB is a federal advisory committee that addresses issues related to biosecurity and dual use research at the request of the United States Government. The NSABB has up to 25 voting members with a broad range of expertise including molecular biology, microbiology, infectious diseases, biosafety, public health, veterinary medicine, plant health, national security, biodefense, law enforcement, scientific publishing, and other related fields.Air date: 9/21/2022 1:05:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 8, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIDA Racial Equity Initiative Technical Assistance Webinar
The NIH is committed to supporting health equity research to 1) improve minority health and reduce health disparities in the United States and 2) remove the barriers to advancing health disparities research. In alignment with this NIH-wide effort, NIDA established the Racial Equity Initiative (REI), with goals that include promoting racial equity in NIDA ’ s research portfolio. Among the actions taken by NIDA, which were informed by internal and external meetings and listening sessions, the Institute has committed to a significant increase in funding for research to address disparities in outcomes related to drug use and...
Source: Videocast - All Events - August 9, 2022 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
