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What’s an RSS?

In the last few years, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) has taken the Internet by storm. RSS is the easiest and most precise way to receive the news and information you want, from the sources you care about. With a simple click on an RSS button you subscribe to the source. You can then view the information at your leisure, using an RSS reader (see below.)

Click on the buttons to below to subscribe to one or more of our feeds:

NSMC In the News FeedNSMC In the News Feed
NSMC News Releases FeedNSMC News Releases Feed
NSMC Publications FeedNSMC Publications Feed
We also have a consolidated
NSMC Feed for Journalists
NSMC Feed for Journalists


RSS Readers, most of which are free and easy to download, enable you to skim headlines and click into fuller stories as you wish. That's because the RSS Reader stores news and information chronologically, in a searchable format. The RSS reader becomes a kind of virtual secretary, handling the flow of information into your computer in an organized fashion.

Some RSS Readers are stand-alone software programs and others are built into web browsers (IE 7.0 and Firefox for example.)

We recommend the two readers below, but you can also use Google to find a host of other options.

Follow the directions in your news reader for adding a new feed to your reader.

If you click on one of our buttons above, a smaller window will open, showing xml information. Simply close the window. The feed has now been added to your RSS reader (open your reader to check).