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Guerrilla public health

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

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The island of unclaimed bodies

In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.

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The cook who became a pariah

New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.

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Self-obsessing in the age of selfies

The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.

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  • The faces of Latin American men and women of New York united in their support against AIDS by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • Men and women of different cultures and professions, with a warning by the New York State Health Department that AIDS does not discriminate. Colour lithograph.
  • Men and women of different cultures and professions with a warning by the New York State Health Department that AIDS does not discriminate. Colour lithograph.
  • Five women with a list of five increasingly risky choices for women to protect against AIDS by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • Medicines used against AIDS; advertising their free availability to Hispanic American people with HIV or AIDS from the New York State Health Department. 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 woman holds a baby on her knee representing a warning to potential mothers to take an AIDS test by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • The backside of a woman wearing jeans with a man's arm around her waist; warning to practice safe sex to prevent AIDS by the New York State Department of Health. 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.
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