Infectious Disease by The National Library of Medicine

Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, along with Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health and winner of the 2020 Templeton Prize, and Dr. Luciana Borio, a member of President-elect Joseph Biden's Coronavirus Task Force, present and discuss the COVID-19 pandemic on November 12, 2020. Presented as the Cathedral's 2020 Ignatius Forum, Dr. Fauci will discuss the prospects for a second wave and for a vaccine. Dr. Fauci, Dr. Collins and Dr.

Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health and winner of the 2020 Templeton Prize, and other leaders from the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Health and Human Services join Washington National Cathedral to vaccinate DC-area clergy and discuss the importance and safety of the COVID-19 vaccination.

Filmmaker Rhonda Klevansky documents the efforts of seven women across the United States who began sewing cloth masks to distribute in their communities in spring 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic exploded. As medical and scientific advisors stressed the importance of masks, these women got to work while sheltering at home. They narrate their work and talk about their reasons for undertaking the project in this short documentary video.

Produced by a community group in Lincoln, Nebraska, this video tells the story of Captain Soapman, who fights the COVID-19 pandemic with good handwashing habits and other careful practices.* Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101777278 Learn more about the National Library of Medicine's historical audiovisuals program at: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collections/films *The National Library of Medicine ha

This film is a review of viral hepatitis for physicians. The epidemiology, incubation period, immunity, transmission, and incidence of the disease are presented. The symptoms, proper physical examination, laboratory findings, treatment, and pathology of the disease are detailed. The differential diagnosis of viral hepatitis from obstructive jaundice, hemolytic jaundice, infectious mononucleosis, cirrhosis, metastatic carcinoma, toxic hepatitis, Weil's disease, and amebic hepatitis is outlined.

This film shows historical reenactments of the discoveries of cures for syphilis. It begins with the discovery of the spirochete in 1905 under the microscope and the discovery of the Wassermann test. The film shows success in experiments leading to the diagnosis and cure of syphilis, though syphilis continues to be a leading cause of sickness and death. Discussion of the disease and its symptoms follows. A public health education program is helping to fight back against this disease, since ignorance is the greatest ally of syphilis.

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Presents a roomful of health care providers receiving training on how to manage the knowns and unknowns about AIDS and deal with their anxiety, guilt, burnout, and even anger. At the start of the video, one nurse raises her hand to say, "The doctors aren't always honest about the patient having AIDS." It aims to explain the complicated feelings of health care providers who work with AIDS patients and presents a rational-emotive approach to assist in overcoming counter-productive thinking and fear.

Documents the lives of a number of San Franciscans living with AIDS/ARC who have tried to face society's terror and paranoia. Shows the efforts of friends and families of AIDS victims who steadfastly support their loved ones, the efforts of the Shanti Project to provide physical and psychological services to AIDS/ARC victims, and the personal efforts of Bobby Reynolds who has confronted society's fears through his writings and speeches.

This film deals with the problems of pulmonary tuberculosis among Hispanic Americans. In one family, the mother dies of tuberculosis. A young adult daughter becomes ill with fatigue and coughing. Her father urges her to see a doctor, but she denies she is ill with claims that she has been working too hard. Eventually, she can no longer deny her illness and asks her parish priest to pray for her. The priest strongly advises her to see a physician, accept treatment, and not use patent medicines.