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Medics and the bomb

Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.

  • Article

Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

  • Article

Tripping for spiritualism and science

Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.

  • Long read

Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard

Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.

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  • Recommended standards for NHS HIV services : endorsed by Department of Health, British HIV Association, National Association of NHS Providers of AIDS Care and Treatment for Medical Foundation & Sexual Health, a charity supported by the British Medical Association.
  • The message 'You can prevent AIDS'; advertisement for the AIDS information lines in California by the California State Department of Health and the California Medical Association.Colour lithograph.
  • An HIV positive woman with her child representing an advertisement for free medicine and medical care for people with HIV or AIDS as part of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by the New York State Health Department and New York City. Colour lithograph.
  • An HIV positive man with his partner representing an advertisement for free medicine and medical care for people with HIV or AIDS as part of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by the New York State Health Department and New York City. Colour lithograph.
  • A father who is HIV positive with his child representing an advertisement for free medicine and medical care for people with HIV or AIDS as part of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by the New York State Health Department and New York City. Colour lithograph.
  • A mobile health unit in Pennsylvania: a group of children with their mothers await treatment from the unit's health practitioners. Photograph, 1920/1930?.
  • A mobile health unit in Pennsylvania: health practitioners are shown examining children outdoors, with the unit's van seen in the background. Photograph, 1920/1930?.
  • A mobile health unit, parked in a Pennsylvania field: patients are shown awaiting treatment by the unit's health practitioners. Photograph, 1920/1930?.
  • A mobile health unit, parked in a Pennsylvania field: women and their children are shown receiving treatment from the unit's health practitioners. Photograph, 1920/1930?.
  • A boy casting the shadow of an adult, referring to the danger of inherited venereal disease. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount.
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