During the month of August, National Dog Month celebrates our favorite canine pals smack in the middle of the dog days of summer. Dogs are the number one most commonly…
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Known as the “forgotten cancer,” sarcoma is a group of diseases that starts in the bones and soft tissues but can travel to anywhere in the body. Sarcoma encompasses 70…
July is UV Safety Month and a reminder to stock up on sunscreen and after-sun lotions to keep your kids safe and soothed all summer long. July 2021’s…
Reviewed by Rosemarie Leenerts, Library Assistant The 2014 film Still Alice explores the condition of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and how it will spare no one, not even highly intelligent…
Following the CA Governor’s June 15th announcement, CDC guidelines, and the CA Department of Public Health, the Herrick Library has updated its visiting guidelines below. For everyone’s safety: Unvaccinated and…
PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, is a condition some people experience after extremely traumatic events. The term “PTSD” first appeared in the American Psychiatric Association’s third edition of the Diagnostic and…
Reviewed by Rosemarie Leenerts, Library Assistant Imagine being “a child stuck between two countries,” which is the way one young woman, Fang “Jenni” Lee, puts it in the 2011 documentary…
The Herrick Library is reopening to the public with limited hours on June 1, 2021. We are happy to welcome back our regular library customers as well as new ones!…
Reviewed by Rosemarie Leenerts, Library Assistant Many women experience brief, mild bouts of depression known as the baby blues days or weeks after giving birth, but another 10 percent…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of changes, everything from wearing masks in public to isolating at home to illness. There have been some ups in the past year—a…
