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National Cholesterol Month – October 2025

This October, HEART UK are raising awareness about the effects of high cholesterol. Did you know that 1 in 2 adults in the UK have high cholesterol? It’s more common than you think — but that doesn’t mean it has to be out of your control. Be…

Library Inductions for new students 2025/26 – Welcome to LSHTM!

A very warm welcome to all new LSHTM students starting this Autumn.

Thanks to those who were able to attend our in-person induction sessions during the week of 29 September.

During the week beginning 13 October, we’re offering the following Induction sessions via Zoom:

Library Induction: using the…

Book Display: National Eye Health Week, 22nd to 28th September 2025

Eye Health UK is launching National Eye Health Week (#VisionMatters), from 22-28 September 2025.  You can find more about this initiative HERE. This public health campaign is designed to raise awareness of the importance of good eye care, and organisers aim to “build strong community networks” to…

Finding your way

With the new Academic Year nearly upon us, we have put together a book display to help those who are coming to the area for the first time to study or work. The display has two themes ; one is concerned with the history of the School and the surrounding area…

Victims of fashion in Victorian Britain. Advice on dressing for a healthy life in 1885 by Ada S. Ballin in her book ‘The science of dress in theory and practice’. LSHTM Library Rare Book Blogs No. 13. August 2025.

‘She sells seashells on the sea shore’

This nineteenth century tongue twister was inspired by the popularity of seaside holidays, as shown in these engravings:

Seaside scene

Seaside activities

Sea bathing had long been extolled for its health-giving benefits, but it was really only accessible to the upper classes…

Book Display: Immunization Awareness Month. August 2025

The image depicts a syringe against a background of the globe of the earth.

August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). NIAM raises the awareness about why vaccines are important for people of all ages and how they can help prevent serious, sometimes deadly, diseases and illnesses. Immunisation is one…

Measles prevention : published documents and MSc research

Measles has been in the news of late, such as the death of a child in Liverpool who contracted the virus:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3enyd9z4yyo, and the reports in the most recent Chariot (2025, no. 28) with reference to the LSHTM Viral podcast Podcasts | Research…

Writing your Literature Review

Many of you will be preparing to write your thesis. There are many books in the library advising how to write a literature review as well as books on study skills including how to manage your time effectively.  We have put some of these on display in the Library…

Bulinus – the tropical freshwater snail ‘missing’ from LSTHM’s pantheon of gilded vectors. LSHTM Rare Book Blogs Series No. 12. June 2025.

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in Keppel Street, Bloomsbury was opened in 1929. The balconies on the first floor of the building, outside the Library, are decorated with a frieze of sculptures of ten animals – seven insects, a tick, a snake and a rat  –  responsible…

Mental Health Awareness Week 12-18 May 2025

Since 2001, the Mental Health Foundation has been leading Mental Health Awareness Week – bringing the UK together to focus on getting good mental health. Mental Health Awareness Week is an annual event where the whole of the UK comes together to focus on achieving good mental health. The week aims…