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NLM’s Groundbreaking Work to Prevent Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer is highly preventable—but only if you live in a place where there’s access to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and routine gynecological screening. Recent advances in vaccines protecting against HPV infection, which is the primary cause of the cancer, and improved cervical screening tests promise a future with a significantly reduced prevalence of…

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Happy New Year!

As we look back at 2019, we’d like to share a few NLM in Focus stories about some of the National Library of Medicine’s people, services, and products that are making a difference in scientific discovery and public health and educating the public. Winter 2019 As the Broadway hit “Hamilton” prepared to begin a U.S. tour, we…

NLM Holiday Sing-a-Long

It’s beginning to look a lot like the holidays and here at NLM, we’re singing a few of our traditional favorites with a twist. We hope you’ll sing along. Happy Holidays! N-L-M to tune of “Jingle Bells” Dashing through the stacks,Retrieving as we go.We scan and cart and prep to bindWhile shouting “Ho, ho, ho!”…