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The Coronavirus and Combatting Global Pandemics
The New Yorker features a selection of pieces on pandemics and other contagions, including "The Dead Zone" by Malcolm Gladwell, about lessons learned from the 1918 Spanish-flu epidemic; "It's Spreadng" by Jill Lepore, about the dangers of misinformation during times of crisis; and "The Ebola Wars" by Richard Preston, about how efforts in genomics research may contain future outbreaks.
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Against the Odds: Revolutions in Global Health
Against the Odds, an exhibit from the National Library of Medicine, looks at the revolution in global health that is taking place in towns and cities around the world. Communities, in collaboration with scientists, advocates, governments, and international organizations, are taking up the challenge to prevent disease and improve quality of life. People around the world have made a difference—working together, against the odds, for the benefit of all.
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Reading Fiction May Improve Real-Life Relationships
Reading literary fiction can boost empathy and promote prosocial behavior, according to a number of studies. This article rounds up research on the many benefits of reading fiction, and looks at what future studies might explore.
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The Human Face of Medicine
"The caregiver must strive to get inside the place where the care recipient exists, no matter how desolate and hopeless that place feels..." This excerpt from The Soul of Care by Arthur Kleinman tells of his meaningful relationships with patients and the power of listening to their stories.
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Highlights from
Division of Medical Humanities Projects
at NYU Langone Health
BLR Featured Story: "Malaria"
Michael Byers' "Malaria" was the first story published in the BLR to be honored with a reprint in the Best American Short Stories anthology. The story—at first ostensibly about an aimless college student and his girlfriend—opens up to explore the effect of mental health issues on the people who care for the afflicted, and how one person can linger in another's memory for a lifetime.
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New Post:
"Plaguing Shakespeare"
In this essay, J. Russell Teagarden addresses the causes and physical consequences of plague, particularly during Shakespeare’s time, as well as the effect plague had on Shakespeare’s writings.
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Quick Links
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Calls for Submission & Other Opportunities
Tell Your COVID-19 Story: The Nocturnists
The Nocturnists is looking for people who are interested in keeping an “audio diary” about their experience working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no deadline -- sign ups are OPEN. They are hoping to provide an outlet for expression for healthcare workers, while also documenting this unprecedented moment in medical history. More information.
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- The 9th International Health Humanities Conference (Tokyo, October 23-26, 2020). Conference Theme: “All in One Boat: Putting the Health Humanities to Work for Individual and Public Health,” Proposal deadline: March 31, 2020
- The 2020 Project Narrative Summer Institute: Narrative, Medicine and Disability, application deadline 4/1/20
- Racial and Ethnic Health Equity in the US (special issue of AMA Journal of Ethics), deadline 4/1/20
- New Horizons for Medical Museums (conference, Leiden, the Netherlands September 23-26), paper proposal deadline 4/30/20
- 2021 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise, deadline 6/10/20
- NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine, deadline 9/25/20
- Medical Humanities-BMJ Seeks Blog Content on This Year’s Theme: Access, rolling deadline
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Events & Conferences
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ReelAbilities Film Festival, New York
Goes Virtual
March 31 - April 6
ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York—the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with disabilities—has decided to go on with the show by shifting its program to a virtual format.
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Classic Charcoal Drawing: Anatomy
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Madness and Medicine on Roosevelt Island
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Narrative Medicine & The Creative Impulse
** RESCHEDULED from April 17-19 **
Hosted by the Division of Narrative Medicine at Columbia. Early Bird Registration of $50 off tuition through March 20. Standard Registration open through April 6th, space permitting.
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